I know it was a done deal more than a decade ago,but I STILL have a hard time believing the Japanese government allowed the freaking French to buy control of Nissan.
Surprising no one that has ever owned a car and read a newspaper,Nissan has been sliding into the dumper ever since. Their new trucks are right at the bottom of the list of "least reliable new trucks to buy" list,and when the Japanese still ran it,their stuff was as good as anyone's.