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Honda and Nissan announce merger to form world's third largest car company (www.rfi.fr)

submitted 4 days ago by Joker@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to join forces and form the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels.

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Big Altima energy now for Accords

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Is it then called Hondan or Nissa?

[–] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It’s crazy how much of the car market has already been consolidated. They just keep putting out cars with other makes, even if they are owned by the same company. Hyundai and Kia are a perfect example.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Wait till you find out how many components are shared, all the new mazda Hybrids use Toyota's power train, while the Toyota Supra uses BMW's B58 engine.

This Honda Nissan situation is basically what happened with Hyundai and Kia in the past, Kia was struggling so Hyundai bought most of it.

Economies of scale are needed nowadays, lots of shared parts, Kia/Hyundai sell the same vehicles, just with different stylings and minor differentiators.

VW group is entire tiered system with some engines reserved for Audis. VW, Skoda and Seat are once again basically the same cars with different flavors, but for example the latest VW passat was built by Skoda.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Hissan

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

HONDANISSAN

[–] revlayle@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago

It'll probably be something boring like:

HondaNissan Automotive Group

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[–] trk@aussie.zone 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I enjoyed 90s Nissans when they made fun cars.

Surprised at how many people are in love with Honda. They're either annoyingly loud and slow Civics driven by young people with backwards caps, or by old people in sensible sedans like the Accord which are also slow but at least they aren't loud.

[–] butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What the fuck are you talking about? Civics are squarely average in loudness and unless you need to go like 120 mph their speed shouldn't be a problem lol, they're basically the same as every other standard 4- cylinder sedan.

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[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

CVT all the things.

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[–] 0x0@programming.dev 6 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Goku fusion!

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

Do we really need larger cars?

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

Merry Christmas, Renault.

[–] infinite_ass@leminal.space 3 points 4 days ago

Honsan? Nisda?

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

I forbid it!

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