Nissan / Renault - The Worlds Biggest car maker 2017

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Sun 11 Feb 2018 15:38
Nissan / Renault - The Worlds Biggest car maker 2017 - Steveieb
Following diesel gate Carlos Gosm s group which includes Mitsubishi, Dacia and Lada as well as Renault / Nissan has surprisingly overtaken VW Group and Toyota for the first time.

This man is the one to watch !
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Sun 11 Feb 2018 23:38
Nissan / Renault - The Worlds Biggest car maker 2017 - Avant

I think it's spelt Ghosn but I've no idea how it's pronounced!

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Mon 12 Feb 2018 07:23
Nissan / Renault - The Worlds Biggest car maker 2017 - oldroverboy.

I think it's spelt Ghosn but I've no idea how it's pronounced!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJite9Styxs

Sounds like gone

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Mon 12 Feb 2018 07:45
Nissan / Renault - The Worlds Biggest car maker 2017 - daveyK_UK

nissan europe vehicles no more than rebadged renaults

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Mon 12 Feb 2018 07:56
Nissan / Renault - The Worlds Biggest car maker 2017 - SLO76
Renault were struggling under the burden of manufacturing in union dominated high cost legislation laden France. They wanted the flexibility to downsize in downturns but French labour laws denied them this lifeline and with a French government veto share they were denied the ability to ship production to cheaper nations so they bought Nissan then Dacia, Lada and now Mitsubishi. This gives them greater flexibility with the ability to shift production to suit exchange rates and market trends.

Being stuck in one nation is crippling and pretty much led to PSA’s near demise a few years ago and despite their current revival I see trouble ahead as much of it is based on putting the squeeze on suppliers to cut costs instead of addressing the firms fundamental problems and this doesn’t bode well for reliability and customer satisfaction in the longterm. I certainly wouldn’t be buying any of their products today despite having been a fan in the past.
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Mon 12 Feb 2018 11:08
Nissan / Renault - The Worlds Biggest car maker 2017 - Steveieb
So many people see Nissan as a Japanese manufacturer with associated reliabilty.
But Renault s move to buy Dacia gives them an economy brand which other manufacturers have ignored, to their detriment.
Wonder if we will see the return of Lada to the UK ?
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Mon 12 Feb 2018 11:35
Nissan / Renault - The Worlds Biggest car maker 2017 - SLO76
So many people see Nissan as a Japanese manufacturer with associated reliabilty. But Renault s move to buy Dacia gives them an economy brand which other manufacturers have ignored, to their detriment. Wonder if we will see the return of Lada to the UK ?

Several firms have enviously eyed Dacias success and talked of creating a sub brand including VW. They moved Skoda too far from its roots and now it steals more sales from Seat and VW than any other firm. They should’ve kept it as a manufacturer of simple robust motors based on previous gen VW platforms but today often Skoda get the latest stuff before even VW. Nissan are looking at reintroducing the Datsun name as a low cost brand but they’ll just be rebadged Dacias no doubt so unlikely to appear here. As Dacia have proventheres a big market for simple, cheap and cheerful transport but I think even they are missing a big opportunity in the taxi market by not having a larger saloon/hatch/MPV in the UK market.
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Mon 12 Feb 2018 16:18
Nissan / Renault - The Worlds Biggest car maker 2017 - Steveieb

Interesting SLO but from the sales figures Datsuns have already been re introduced but Im not sure where in the world ?

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Mon 12 Feb 2018 17:25
Nissan / Renault - The Worlds Biggest car maker 2017 - badbusdriver

Interesting SLO but from the sales figures Datsuns have already been re introduced but Im not sure where in the world ?

India and Indonesia, not sure where else.

Edited by badbusdriver on 12/02/2018 at 17:27

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Tue 13 Feb 2018 00:23
Nissan / Renault - The Worlds Biggest car maker 2017 - SLO76

Interesting SLO but from the sales figures Datsuns have already been re introduced but Im not sure where in the world ?

Didn’t know that, they certainly were talking up the idea for ages. Makes sense.
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