Japanese auto giants Honda and Nissan confirmed they've scrapped merger talks announced in December, ending a potential combination that would have created the world's third-largest automaker.
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.
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.
I can agree with this. Problem is Nissan wanted their CEO.and board members to retain control of the company.
Obviously it would be a bad idea since I’m sure it’s best to avoid Nissan to take down Honda with their bad decisions.
Nissan picked their CEO and boardmembers over the entire Japanese and American Nissan workforce.
Disgusting. They can rot on their own.
Never buying nissan.
My little brother said the same thing. I think you’re both right. Clearly that wasn’t enough to push the deal through though.
Look what they did to my Pathfinder!
Fuck Nissan.
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.
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.
I’ve still got a 96 4wd 5spd Hardbody for when I need a truck to do truck things. Over 300k miles and still going strong.
Slapping the hardbody badge on a 3rd gen frontier isn’t as bad as what they did with the pathfinder, but it’s still insulting.
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