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PSA And Mitsubishi Call Off Tie-Up
Last December, France’s PSA group and Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors seemed to get really tight (and set off the memorable TTAC series of shibari illustrations.) Something must have happened during their...
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Renault And Daimler Seen Making Out Again
Again, Renault and Daimler are reported to having a serious tête-à-tête that could lead to a formal marriage. According to the Financial Times, “Daimler and Renault are discussing acquiring mutual...
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Renault-Daimler Tie-Up? Nissan Wants a Threesome
Time to break out the (tasteful) shibari pictures. “Nissan would seriously consider joining a comprehensive tie-up between Renault S.A. and Daimler AG if the alliance they are discussing happens,”...
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Daimler And Renault To Tie The Knot. Symbolically
After long hand-holding and necking, Daimler and Renault finally seem to progress to third base. The Financial Times reports that the French and the Germans “are in the final stages of wide-ranging...
View ArticleRenault, Nissan And Daimler To Be Tied-Up In Unholy Matrimony
I’m running out of gratuitous tie-up pictures, so let’s celebrate the good news with a video: The Nikkei [sub] sends us the news that Nissan and Daimler “are in the final stages of negotiations to...
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Renault, Daimler, Nissan Say „Oui“, „Hai“, „Ja“ In Three-Way Tie-Up
So today, Renault, Daimler, and Nissan did what we said they would do and announced a three-way tie-up. Which is good, because we are running out of inappropriate pictures. The marriage goes far...
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Piech And Suzuki Spook Dr. Z. And Ghosn
Guess who was matchmaker for Daimler’s three-way tie-up with Renault and Nissan? The Nikkei [sub] thinks it was Volkswagen. VW’s alliance with Suzuki “spooks Daimler into thinking small,” says the...
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Honda “Clumsy” When Flirting With Foreigners, Wants To Get More Open
With all the tie-ups going on between Japanese and mostly European car makers, conventional wisdom had it that Honda would not take part in the nampa with the gaijin. Everybody saw them stay pure and...
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Mazda And Fiat Agree On Tie-up
And now for the Italian section of our collection of tasteful tie-up art. Mazda and Fiat not quite tied the knot, but they became engaged. Mazda and Fiat signed “a non-binding Memorandum of...
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BAIC & Benz: Bloggers Scoop Dow Jones
How do you beat the Dow? Occasionally, by reading TTAC. Yesterday, we wrote about Beijing rumors that Daimler and China’s BAIC are planning a big tie-up. While we at TTAC are busy looking for the...
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Benz And BAIC Expected To Lift The Veil Tomorrow
Now about those Benz-BAIC rumors: While Beijing is going gaga, Reuters has been suspiciously quiet about an upcoming deal between Daimler and its Chinese partner BAIC. Reuters, which has good ears and...
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Daimler And BAIC Are Doing It
It was one of the worst-kept secrets: Two weeks ago, Reuters reporters had picked up the scent of Daimler planning a big investment into China’s BAIC. This week, rumors started flying around in Beijing...
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Car Sales In Germany: Es Geht Abwärts
More bad news from Europe: The new car market in Germany, last year an island of stability in a sea of red, was down 8.6 percent in January. On the back of worse news from other European volume...
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Le Figaro: Renault And Mitsubishi Talking Tie-up (Sorry, No Shibari Pictures)
Carlos Ghosn and Osamu Masuko CEO of Mitsubishi Renault chief Carlos Ghosn is reaching out, forging foreign alliances with a heavy emphasis on emerging markets. “Faced with the slump in the European...
View ArticleSuzuki Wanted to Sell Re-badged Jetta Hybrid in the US
In a detailed report on the failed alliance between Suzuki and Volkswagen, Automotive News reports that the Japanese automaker wanted to re-badge and sell Volkswagen Jetta Hybrids in the U.S. before...
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