Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors to Expand Scope of Cooperation
15.12.2010г
YOKOHAMA/TOKYO (Dec. 14, 2010) -
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and
Mitsubishi
Motors Corporation today announced that the two companies agreed to expand
their current scope of cooperation towards new projects that will further
strengthen mutual competitiveness, especially in the Japanese mini car and
global commercial vehicle businesses.
Nissan and
Mitsubishi Motors currently have several OEM agreements for
vehicles in the Japanese market, including for mini cars and commercial
vehicles. In addition to expanding the scope of the current OEM
partnership, the two companies agreed to study new opportunities which
would generate additional synergies. The cooperation agreement between
Nissan and
Mitsubishi Motors will be complementary to any agreements the
two parties have already established with other partners.
Regarding the expansion of the OEM partnership, the following have been
agreed:
*
Nissan to provide a light van/wagon to
Mitsubishi Motors for the
Japanese domestic market
*
Mitsubishi Motors to provide an SUV to
Nissan for markets in the
Middle East
Discussions are ongoing for
Nissan to provide
Mitsubishi Motors with
upper-end segment models for the Japanese domestic market.
Regarding new opportunities, two projects are currently under study:
* The manufacture of the current generation of
Nissan Navara pickup
truck at
Mitsubishi Motors' plant in Thailand. Longer-term, the two
companies are evaluating manufacturing and engineering collaboration of a
new generation one-ton pickup truck.
* Establishment of a 50:50 joint venture for product planning and
engineering of mini cars for the Japanese domestic market.
Nissan President and CEO Carlos Ghosn said "This agreement is important
for
Nissan as it supports our expansion in emerging markets, meets
immediate capacity needs overseas, and enables us to grow our mini car
business in Japan. Our relationship with
Mitsubishi demonstrates the
ability of the
Renault-
Nissan Alliance - with its network of global
partnerships - to constantly evolve and create new win-win relationships
with other companies in function of specific needs and shared
objectives".
Mitsubishi Motors President Osamu Masuko said "Amid the drastically
changing economic and market environments,
Mitsubishi Motors is in
partnership with PSA
Peugeot Citroën in the areas of SUVs and EVs, and is
always searching for other optimal solutions suited for each area of our
business. This agreement to expand our business cooperation with
Nissan is
founded on our good business relationship since 2003, through several OEM
agreements of mini cars and commercial vehicles. I believe that the
expansion of our OEM agreement will complement each others' regional
characteristics and product lineup, and the one-ton pickup and mini car
projects will be the best solution to strengthen each others'
competitiveness".
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