Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to join forces and form the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels.

  • psycho_driver@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Bah. Their CVTs have been pretty decent since the 2018 revision. Don’t care about EVs, though they have a more proven platform in the Leaf than Honda has. The Frontier is one of the best selling (and best) small/mid-size trucks in the US. I think it’s the only one still actually made on a truck frame.

    So glad they’re seemingly done with Renault. Nissan engineering quality was top notch before that infernal partnership.

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      2 days ago

      The Frontier’s Q3 sales of ~16k were outpaced by the Ranger (21k) Colorado (29k), Maverick (45k), and Tacoma (57k). It did outsell the Ridgeline (13k) and Canyon (10k).

      I know there are ebs and flows as models change over, but I don’t think either Nissan truck has ever been close to the front of the pack.

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