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I saw a news column today which said about FCA and Renault discussing a possible merger. What's people's thoughts on this?
I wonder if it could gain Renault extra access to the American Market, as they'll be part of the same company as Jeep and Chrysler.With Renault, which also includes Nissan of course, could throw up some interesting possibilities. Hopefully the good ones.
Relaibility and build quality of Nissan, with the design flair of Fiat might be a good improvement. Like the new 124 sport, which I think looks better than the bloaty MX5.
Hopefully we don't get flaky Renault electrics, or their sometimes odd engineering methods.
If they just badge engineer the current Clio/Micra there might be little point, or interest.
I wonder what's in it for Renault?
I wonder if it could gain Renault extra access to the American Market, as they'll be part of the same company as Jeep and Chrysler.
RenaultNissan could also gain access to the latest Fiat engines, as their 1.2 is also an old engine, and the latest emissions standards have ruined their 0.9 tce engine, from what I understand, so developing platforms with Fiat could see Renault using the latest Firefly engine range perhaps?
When did that happen? Last I knew, the Twingo had 1.0 NA and 0.9 tce; and the Clio had the old 1.2 16v and 0.9 tce.
I can see this being the final nail in the coffin for Nissan production in the UK.
I wonder if it could gain Renault extra access to the American Market, as they'll be part of the same company as Jeep and Chrysler.