Mitsubishi and Nissan are looking into the possibility of jointly-developed pick-up trucks for the Southeast Asian region, a senior executive said in a Reuters report. The move is said to encourage savings within the Renault-Nissan Alliance, which recently acquired Mitsubishi following Nissan’s purchase of a 34% stake in the Japanese carmaker.
Mitsubishi chief operating officer Trevor Mann said future replacements for the Nissan Navara and Mitsubishi Triton could share the same underpinning, albeit with their own distinct styling. This is similar to what is accomplished by the Renault Alaskan and the Navara NP300.
However, Mann says Mitsubishi’s pick-up platforms, not Nissan’s, will most likely be the basis for future Alliance models. “If you look at our cost performance in that region, we are the benchmark within the Alliance. Our four-by-four technology, our cost base on pickups is better than Nissan’s,” he said.
In reference to the Thailand market, Nissan and Mitsubishi’s plants currently produce ladder frame-based pick-up trucks and cars on separate lines. The move to a common architecture will allow Mitsubishi’s facility to focus on pick-ups, while Nissan will focus on building cars and SUVs. Mann says this could help increase productivity on both sides, but nothing has been decided currently.
Previously, the Alliance’s members have agreed to consolidate all of its electric vehicle platforms, which will help reduce the cost of electric vehicles by utilising scale of economies. Renault and Mitsubishi will use the platform which forms the basis of the next-generation Nissan Leaf electric vehicle.
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Rebadged Proton Pikap orso
Mitsubishi + Nissan share platform ? yes no problem
Renault + Nissan ? no problem
Chevy + Isuzu ? no problem
Proton + Honda ? yeah, getting bash everywhere
Proton + Honda ? also getting bash
Campro engine not enough torque for pikap
A Volkswagen Amarok can easily bungkus all these Japanese underpowered vehicles. You want sheer power? It has to be engineeRed by the Germans.
Northing spells power like Cummins/Duramax/ Powerstroke turbo diesel in the American big 3. VW build a pickup? Riiiiight.
reliability ? nooo
did u see any Amarok winning any drag races ? nope
did u see any Amarok got tuned & involve the drag race? nope…
did u watch GrandTour video Nissan Patrol beating out the Porshe hypercar, the 918 ?
Basher logic says Mitsu and Nissan must kolos shop now cuz they both useless R&D and need to colabo to come out with 1 vehicle. Renalt & Datsun oso must kolos now cuz they bersubahat with those 2. #JanganPersoalBasherLogic
Tbh, Nissan could use Mitsu’s expertise in pickup suspension tunings and diesel engines. The new Navara still fall short in terms of handling and ride comfort compared to the Triton despite having a coil spring rear suspension. The Mivec 2.4L feels more powerful compared to Nissan’s 2.5L despite 184 PS vs 190 PS.
The irony:
in 2010; they wanted Navara-Triton to share same platform (http://paultan.org/2010/12/15/nissan-and-mitsubishi-expand-scope-of-cooperation-next-gen-triton-and-navara-set-to-be-twins/)
then in 2014 they changed their minds (http://paultan.org/2014/06/13/nissan-mitsubishi-pickup-jv-no-more/)
now in 2017; back to square one.
Don’t forget that Mercedes also planning to spawn a luxury pickup based on the D23 Navara’s platform and frame. They probably will be joining on a rebadge of the new Triton & Navara platform sharing.