In a Friday news dump that I am sure Renault management wants to frame positively comes the news Renault will add Nissan production to its bloated French factory footprint. Renault, the builder of Nissans. Interesting 14 years after a small group of maverick Renault managers arrived in Tokyo to rebuild a bankrupt Nissan company
While conventional wisdom has always been that Nissan would lever its world class productive Sunderland plant with some Renault product, it seems events have turned.
When a hobbled Nissan launched the 2001 Micra which shared components with the 
Renault Clio, CEO Carlos Ghosn played hard to get with then Prime Minister Tony Blair, threatening to go with a competitive site in French site. Industry insiders smirked at the thought as Renault openly admitted Continue reading
Gerry Spahn 