Honda and Nissan make it official: Their merger talks are off
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Honestly thank God.
I was really worried about how this was only going to drag down Honda.
I used to love Nissan. They made several of my dream cars.
Unfortunately it's been quite some time since they made anything very good imo.
Currently have a reputation of meh reliability and meh driving experience.
They don't offer anything to entice someone away from Toyota or Honda.
I hope Nissan can come back but idk how they do that without a serious overhaul of their whole business from the ground up.
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Honda could have put honda engines in them and let Nissan just do their own styling.
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Unfortunate. Their EVs are a great value.
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You don't need to merge with Nissan to do that if you're Honda. Just buy out their design team. Much cheaper lol.
Edit: spelling
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I agree, I'm just saying that's what I would have seen them doing. See my other comment that the rumor was Japanese government pressured them into it.
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Honda needs decent trucks. Nissan can make a decent truck.
Nissan needs decent CVT transmissions. Honda can make decent CVTs.
As an outside observer, I figured just those 2 things would make it worth it.
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My first car was a Nissan too. It was an unreliable piece of shit. So based on that palpable experience, I'm glad this merger is off.
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My little brother said the same thing. I think you're both right. Clearly that wasn't enough to push the deal through though.
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Thank goodness.
Honda might have dropped quality a bit over the last decade, but they're nothing on the dodginess of Nissan.
I simply wouldn't buy a modern Nissan vehicle.
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Why?
Nissans haven't look good in ~20 years.
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If they were pressured into a merger by the Japanese government, what is the path forward? You could a) wind down Nissan or b) solve their major problem by putting Honda engines and transmissions in them. Which also brings their engine r&d cost to 0.
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日产 = rì chǎn
(originating from (the land of) the sun)
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Let Nissan do the styling? No, no, no. They already vomited out the Juke and Cube, we don't need more vehicular abominations out there on the roads...
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Yes but whats the gain to merge the 2 brands just for a modicum improvement?
bring them together when each can contribute something great, not just to limp along together
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What's wrong with the Cube?
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Have you owned one?
They are unreliable and even Nissan itself cannot fix them
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Look what they did to my Pathfinder!
Fuck Nissan.
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IMO the 1st gens are the only true pathfinder. And it's 2nd gen brother with FAS a not so close second.
I hadn't even paid attention to the abomination it's become in the last few years.
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I fell in love with the first gens, but by the time I was able to buy one, it was a '96. 4WD and a standard. Terrible gas mileage, but I loved that baby and she always got me where I was going.
But I agree, the first gens were awesome.
