this might be a little off topic but , it looks like Honda Nisson merger is is official . i wonder how if this will affect parts supplies for discontinued models ?

 

I'm not sure I'd call it official since they have a lot of hurdles to jump.

"They aim to have a formal merger agreement by June and to complete the deal and list the holding company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by August 2026, he said. "

I don't see this affecting parts supplies on discontinued models, certainly not Hondas
It will however accelerate the push away from gas cars to electric ones.

 

I wish the SEC was on the customers side ,, these auto mergers have never improved anything. reduced options and quality is all I see...

 

Well in the case of Nissan the poor quality is already there. They are reportedly headed for bankruptcy and are in desperate need of financial help. A merger could probably finally result in their Jatco transmission division being tossed into the garbage can where it belongs.

 

I used to rent cars multiple times weekly, Travelled like 46 weeks a year for work. Hertz bought a ton of the Altima with CVT.
I had 5 of them fail due to the CVT transmission computer getting confused and shutting the engine down. Had to have them tow the car .
I finally went to Hertz corporate and talked to a retention specialist and got the Nissan products banned in my profile,
Besides the 5 trans problems, I had one that the trunk lid came off of driving on the freeway,
One that just turned off on a curvy mountain road in the dark went totally electrically dead,,
which turns off the power steering and you get about 2 pumps on the breaks.

My first car was a 65 Datsun Pickup ,, IMHO last decent rig they made.. LOL

 

a few years back my mom had to rent a small Nisson , i believe it was a Versa . my brother and i gave the car a good going over . never have
seen such a cheaply made car , i mean seriously cheap , from front to back . a golf cart is what came to mind

 

Interesting to read your experienced. You have different models there in North-America, but here in Eurooe Nissans used to be considered as reliable japanese cars as much as Toyota, Mitsubishi or Honda. In general, the interior materials and painting in non-visible areas are inferior to European cars in all japanese cars.