Nissan and Honda in merger talks
Honda and Nissan are looking to merge, with the two companies issuing a joint statement confirming they are in talks.
“Honda and Nissan are exploring various possibilities for future collaboration, leveraging each other’s strengths,” the statement issued this week reads.
“If there are any updates, we will inform our stakeholders at the appropriate time.”
Interesting development and I imagine the Japanese government is quietly encouraging this.
Nissan gets Honda’s hybrid engine tech and access to Honda’s in house CVT transmissions (Jatco begone!) while Honda gets a utility/truck platform (Navara, Frontier, XTerra & Titan), a proper ladder frame 4WD platform (Patrol) and the now ancient RWD Z platform.
Both have varying degrees of success in EV with Nissan having the Leaf on sale for a decade now and Honda about to launch their first in house designed EV platform in the coming year.
The enthusiast in me dreams about the classic nameplayes this could bring back. A Civic Type R / GTiR Pulsar co-lab or a RWD Silvia / Integra Type R competitor to the GR86 / BRZ. Not to mention the potential for new halo cars like the NSX or GTR. But in today’s world these would probably all end up being underwhelming EV boxes.