# GM, Renault, Nissan alliance talks called off **URL:** \ **Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\ **Created:** [October 4, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-renault-nissan-alliance-talks-called-off/144544 "2006-10-04T23:49:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Orzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/85e7bf/32.png) [@Orzel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Orzel)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-renault-nissan-alliance-talks-called-off/144544/1 "2006-10-04T23:49:31Z")
Thank God. The last thing we need is a Daimler Chrysler Situation. Nissan already copy pastes almost every design they have from one of their cars to the other (grills, etc), we dont need some insane Grand Am offspring, well besides the S15 😛 [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/10/04/gm.renault.ap/index.html](http://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/10/04/gm.renault.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![kouki240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@kouki240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kouki240)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-renault-nissan-alliance-talks-called-off/144544/2 "2006-10-05T07:30:12Z")
Phew. ---
**Author:** ![Variable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/cab0a1/32.png) [@Variable](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Variable)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-renault-nissan-alliance-talks-called-off/144544/3 "2006-10-05T08:31:08Z")
> :Stupid People: > > Afterward, GM officials voiced skepticism about the proposed linkup, saying Renault-Nissan stands to benefit more than GM. I guess GM will just have to keep buying honda engines and putting them in thier cars. ---
**Author:** ![MrRage](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mrrage/32/5804_2.png) [@MrRage](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MrRage)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-renault-nissan-alliance-talks-called-off/144544/4 "2006-10-05T09:18:58Z")
This good news… Now Renault/Nissan will try the same thing with ford… If thats any better ---
**Author:** ![TyPhOOn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/typhoon/32/5800_2.png) [@TyPhOOn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TyPhOOn)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-renault-nissan-alliance-talks-called-off/144544/5 "2006-10-05T09:26:45Z")
seriously I dont know how car companies cant hack it nowdays … this is bullshit … soo many marketing geniuses nowdays and still cant win ---
**Author:** ![rastaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@rastaman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rastaman)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-renault-nissan-alliance-talks-called-off/144544/6 "2006-10-05T15:52:43Z")
with all the european marvels that gm owns why cant they bring that european quality to their north american cars? ---
**Author:** ![Orzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/85e7bf/32.png) [@Orzel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Orzel)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-renault-nissan-alliance-talks-called-off/144544/7 "2006-10-05T16:30:33Z")
b.c hicks still love their dodge rams. ---
**Author:** ![Last\_Fuse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/last_fuse/32/5847_2.png) [@Last\_Fuse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Last_Fuse)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-renault-nissan-alliance-talks-called-off/144544/8 "2006-10-05T16:50:27Z")
Face it, people by cars because of a couple of factors… 1. Price: ever wonder why there is so many Cavs, Sunfires and Neons out there? well they start at under 14 Grand NEW 2. Company support: “I drive me a _Insert Company Name HERE_ cuz they’re the best” even though they might have the worlds largest recall (Ford), shitty oil consuming motors (Nissan, fair is fair), and crappy looking cars (Toyota)… I could go on, but dont really want to get flamed by someone on their opinions… ---
**Author:** ![rastaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@rastaman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rastaman)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-renault-nissan-alliance-talks-called-off/144544/9 "2006-10-05T17:02:27Z")
rofllmao ^^^ ---
**Author:** ![Last\_Fuse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/last_fuse/32/5847_2.png) [@Last\_Fuse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Last_Fuse)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-renault-nissan-alliance-talks-called-off/144544/10 "2006-10-05T22:40:34Z")
> [@rastaman](#): > > rofllmao ^^^ Thank You Thank You! I’ll be making up more quality bullshit all night… :lol: ---
**Author:** ![beatshack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f0a364/32.png) [@beatshack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beatshack)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-renault-nissan-alliance-talks-called-off/144544/11 "2006-10-06T00:01:00Z")
> [@rastaman](#): > > with all the european marvels that gm owns why cant they bring that european quality to their north american cars? quality = less break down = less money for the manufacturer in the long run. They love it when you keep pouring money into your 300,000km Chrysler Minivan to keep it running. I once watched a talk show where a higher-up from GM admitted that all 3 of the big american car manufactuers build cars with a deliberate “lifetime to catistrophic failure” where-as some major money will be going back into the car to keep it running. Maybe mitsu bought into this scheme too… :o