Nissan and Renault reportedly in talks to merge and create a company that will trade as a single stock

Nissan and Renault reportedly in talks to merge and create a company that will trade as a single stock

Nissan and Renault are reportedly in talks for a merger that will result in a new automaker that will trade as a single stock, Bloomberg reports. According to insiders familiar with the subject, the apparent deal is looking at ending the current alliance between the companies – which added Mitsubishi into the framework in October 2016 – and combine them into a single corporation.

No other details have been reported about the matter, which has just emerged into the public eye. The latest report follows on that which came about earlier this month, when news reports indicated that Nissan and Renault were apparently discussing plans for a closer association through a change of ownership structure, one that would see the Japanese automaker buying out the French government’s 15% equity stake in Renault.

In response to this, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance said that any discussion about a share transaction involving Renault, Nissan or the French state was pure speculation, and the French government denied that it was ready to sell its shares to Nissan.

The alliance is definitely not short on ambition. Last September, it unveiled its Alliance 2022 six-year plan, which seeks to double its annual syergies to €10 billion by 2022, with annual sales targeted to exceed 14 million units annually.

It’s also not short on ability either. In February, the alliance became the world’s largest automotive group in terms of sales by shifting 10,608,366 passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in 2017. That collective figure by the alliance was good enough to outdo the Volkswagen Group‘s 10.53 million units and Toyota‘s 10.2 million units.

The initial alliance was formed in 1999 – Renault came to Nissan’s aid then when the latter was on the verge of bankruptcy, and this resulted in the French carmaker holding a big stake (43.4%) in the Japanese company. Nissan in turn was given a 15% non-voting stake in Renault. Since then, however, Nissan has grown to be a more profitable company than its French partner, with a larger market value and better sales figures.

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  • Nissan and Renault taken a leaf from TanChong.

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    • Hagar on Mar 29, 2018 at 6:45 pm

      If the news above is to be accurate, Japan will lose one of its car makers as Renault is the main shareholder in the alliance. With a single name, very likely, it will have a single headquarters, very likely in France (home of the largest shareholder).

      Definitely not good news for Japan’s motorvehicles industry after Mitsubishi folded and taken over by the Renault-Nissan alliance, and now the possibility that both Nissan and Mitsubishi will be French controlled from a French HQ.

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      • Not like anybody there will say Jepunis sold to French.

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      • Cheah Per Li on Mar 29, 2018 at 10:51 pm

        better than us. Our car industry is now China controlled!!

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        • China controlled better than jepunis controlled. they dun gip unsafe outdated junks like ur overlords.

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  • The New Manufacturer form: RNM

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    • Ken Hong on Mar 29, 2018 at 11:19 pm

      I wish Proton also can join this alliance than being a China car company

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