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Renault owns 40% of Nissan/Infiniti??

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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 12:36 PM
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Renault owns 40% of Nissan/Infiniti??

Is this true? My friend in his 97 Maxima SE told me this. Please don't flame its just a simple question. Thanks for the clerification!
Old Aug 14, 2002 | 12:47 PM
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Re: Renault owns 40% of Nissan/Infiniti??

Yep, that's true. Renault owns a good chunk of Nissan, and their president, Carlos Ghosn, has been credited with turning things around for the company. Apparently, Nissan was in a big mess before he came around. So with lots and lots of cost-cutting, and a move to make their cars more sporty, Nissan is now doing much better.
Old Aug 14, 2002 | 12:50 PM
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Re: Re: Renault owns 40% of Nissan/Infiniti??

Originally posted by KennyLau
Yep, that's true. Renault owns a good chunk of Nissan, and their president, Carlos Ghosn, has been credited with turning things around for the company. Apparently, Nissan was in a big mess before he came around. So with lots and lots of cost-cutting, and a move to make their cars more sporty, Nissan is now doing much better.
Wow thats very interesting. I did not realise Renault had such a huge part in building back Nissan's success. Thanks very much for the info!
Old Aug 14, 2002 | 03:07 PM
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Yep...Nissan was on the verge of going BANKRUPT, until Ghosn and of course Renault came along. Nissan was a little over 2 billion dollars in debt. I think they broke even last year or this year, which is good.
Old Aug 14, 2002 | 03:09 PM
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Renault? They make crappy cars. How come the crappy car companies always end up buying the better ones?

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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 03:22 PM
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With all the cheap and crappy parts they use on there cars, they save money. Then they wait for a company to hit rock bottom and then they buy into them. Look at Nissan now. :X Watch out for Kia and Daewoo. Damn little companies.
Old Aug 14, 2002 | 03:27 PM
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Renault? They make crappy cars. How come the crappy car companies always end up buying the better ones?

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I don't know Renault makes some nice cars, like the Clio V6--->
and in another colour-->
Mmmmm I wouldn't mind having one!
Oh and YES, this comes stock like this!
And look it's a Midship!
specs:0-62mph = 6.4secs
Top Speed= 147mph
and 230bhp.
Old Aug 14, 2002 | 03:31 PM
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yep...Renault has some pretty nice cars...Clio is really nice but again , they don't sell them here.
Old Aug 14, 2002 | 03:32 PM
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yep...Renault has some pretty nice cars...Clio is really nice but again , they don't sell them here.
True, but then again they don't sell any of their cars here.
Old Aug 14, 2002 | 03:33 PM
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I heard the new 6th gen maxima was going be called the LeMax...

Old Aug 14, 2002 | 03:36 PM
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Renault apparently likes the VQ too...

They're using it in a few of their cars. I think one of them is called the Vel Satis.
Old Aug 14, 2002 | 04:20 PM
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Originally posted by augie
With all the cheap and crappy parts they use on there cars, they save money. Then they wait for a company to hit rock bottom and then they buy into them. Look at Nissan now. :X Watch out for Kia and Daewoo. Damn little companies.
I don't think you have to worry about Daewoo. They're about to stop selling cars in the US. That means no dealerships either...sucks for people who already bought em.
Old Aug 14, 2002 | 04:40 PM
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Originally posted by BigDogJonx
Renault? They make crappy cars. How come the crappy car companies always end up buying the better ones?

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Renauld is a pretty respected company in Europe I dont think they r crappy at all do some research
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