silvrsvt Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 https://www.autonews.com/automakers-suppliers/nissan-orders-two-day-furlough-us-employees-amid-falling-sales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rperez817 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Looks like Uchida-san is getting serious in his first week as Nissan CEO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinaw Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Nissan is a basket case right now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcartwright99 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 I don't see how they don't go bankrupt or pull out of US market. It's not like they are going to magically make new vehicles that are profitable overnight. Who buys Nissan's? Rental car companies, people with bad credit, and Uber drivers. Infinity is garbage. The only thing they do well is stuff powerful engines in god awful pseudo luxury cars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 1 minute ago, jcartwright99 said: Infinity is garbage. The only thing they do well is stuff powerful engines in god awful pseudo luxury cars. They’re very popular with the large middle-eastern population in Dearborn for some reason. Same with Land Rover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcartwright99 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, fuzzymoomoo said: They’re very popular with the large middle-eastern population in Dearborn for some reason. Same with Land Rover. 75% of the Nissan's I see in Chicago have Uber stickers. Infinity's are popular because they are the cheapest luxury make you can buy. They are always blowing them out here. The resale value for a 3 year old infinity is pretty bad. Here they appeal to a certain demographic that likes them because they are fast and fairly easily to mod. The VQ engine (since they made them since 2000), was a pretty good reliable engine too. I briefly and I mean briefly looked at one before I got my MKZ. The only thing I can say is they accelerate quickly and are fairly fast. Their tech until just recently made MFT look futuristic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rperez817 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 39 minutes ago, jcartwright99 said: The only thing they do well is stuff powerful engines in god awful pseudo luxury cars. Nissan also has decent expertise with BEV and autonomous vehicle technologies, they were among the first to introduce both in production vehicles. As the automotive industry transitions to all electric, all autonomous, Nissan can theoretically take advantage of that. But Uchida-san really needs to do a top to bottom transformation of Nissan's whole corporate culture. More job cuts too. A couple furlough days at Nissan's U.S. subsidiary aren't nearly enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcartwright99 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 1 minute ago, rperez817 said: Nissan also has decent expertise with BEV and autonomous vehicle technologies, they were among the first to introduce both in production vehicles. As the automotive industry transitions to all electric, all autonomous, Nissan can theoretically take advantage of that. But Uchida-san really needs to do a top to bottom transformation of Nissan's whole corporate culture. More job cuts too. A couple furlough days at Nissan's U.S. subsidiary aren't nearly enough. Battery with the Leaf, yes. Autonomous???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rperez817 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 31 minutes ago, jcartwright99 said: Battery with the Leaf, yes. Autonomous???? ProPILOT Assist (on Altima, Rogue, Rogue Sport/Qashqai, and Leaf) and ProPILOT 2.0 (on JDM Skyline Hybrid sedan) have been among the first major deployments of SAE Level 2 and Level 3 ADAS/autonomous technologies on mass produced vehicles. Remains to be seen if Nissan along with its alliance partners Renault and Mitsubishi are among the first automakers to mass produce SAE Level 5 autonomous vehicles, or if other automakers beat them to the punch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKNSLS Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, jcartwright99 said: I don't see how they don't go bankrupt or pull out of US market. It's not like they are going to magically make new vehicles that are profitable overnight. Who buys Nissan's? Rental car companies, people with bad credit, and Uber drivers. Infinity is garbage. The only thing they do well is stuff powerful engines in god awful pseudo luxury cars. Nissan sold roughly twice as many Rogues than the Ford Escape (November). Edited December 6, 2019 by CKNSLS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 27 minutes ago, CKNSLS said: Nissan sold roughly twice as many Rogues than the Ford Escape (November). At probably 1/10 of the profit, if that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 1 hour ago, CKNSLS said: Nissan sold roughly twice as many Rogues than the Ford Escape (November). Brought to you by a company that needs to furlough their entire US workforce for 2 days 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probowler Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Not a Nissan fan and wouldn't drive their vehicles, but I feel for the employees. Hopefully they can figure things out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rperez817 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 29 minutes ago, probowler said: but I feel for the employees. Hopefully they can figure things out. Same here. My next door neighbor works for Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. (NMAC) in Irving. That division is affected by the furlough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutty 5.0 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Nissan seems to keep falling behind. But I worry for the workers too. But not revamping the models? The Frontier has been in the same platform for what, 15 years? That’s pretty bad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dequindre Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 The lack of substantial investment in their products is catching up to them. In order to remedy the issue, now they're going to have to spend a great deal of money quickly. Carlos' quest for volume over profit was just to make things look good in the short-term. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoenhg Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 They really need to clean up their Infiniti brand as well as their large SUVs IMO. Infiniti should have never had CVT transmissions. Their large SUVs seem dated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinaw Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 And to make matters worse, their COO resigned a few days ago. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nissan-executives/nissan-top-executive-seki-to-resign-in-blow-to-turnaround-plan-idUSKBN1YS0R8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
630land Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) Nissan will never again be one of the "Japan Big 3". Hyundai is now one of the "Asian Big 3" Nissan's Jatco CVT's are #1 reason they are in the hole. Not because they are CVT design, but the poor quality of Jatco. Other reason is fleet dumping, leading to BHPH resale value. See so many 2010's Nissans all banged up and filthy, with "Drive Time" type stickers. Edited January 6, 2020 by 630land Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rperez817 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 hour ago, 630land said: Nissan's Jatco CVT's are #1 reason they are in the hole. No sir. The #1 reason Nissan is in trouble now is that their former CEO, now fugitive, decided to pursue sales growth without fixing the company's organizational issues. As I mentioned in another thread, this is a recipe that only makes things much worse. Business consultant Jim Blasingame said "growth for its own sake is organizational suicide" and "If a tree is bent, fertilizing it won't make it grow straighter – only faster in the wrong direction. If you have organizational challenges, don't grow until they’re resolved." At Nissan, the former CEO fertilized a bent tree. Jatco CVT currently used in Nissan vehicles (and other brands) are fine. Some early Jatco CVT models had issues, but those have been resolved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rperez817 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 (edited) Reuters reports Nissan's restructuring plans are getting more extensive and the situation at the company is "dire". https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nissan-restructuring-exclusive/exclusive-do-or-die-nissan-takes-the-axe-to-the-house-ghosn-built-idUSKBN1ZR2RG Quote Japan’s second biggest carmaker is set to eliminate at least 4,300 white-collar jobs and shut two manufacturing sites as part of broader plans to add at least 480 billion yen ($4.4 billion) to its bottom line by 2023, two of the people told Reuters. The moves come on top of a turnaround plan unveiled in July and are likely to include cutting Nissan’s range of cars and the array of product options and trims in each line, slashing jobs mostly at head offices in the United States and Europe, and reducing advertising and marketing budgets, they said. “The situation is dire. It’s do or die,” a person close to Nissan’s senior management and the company’s board told Reuters. Edited January 30, 2020 by rperez817 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailhiker Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 On 1/6/2020 at 12:46 PM, 630land said: Nissan will never again be one of the "Japan Big 3". Hyundai is now one of the "Asian Big 3" Hyundai is taking Nissan's customer base. Nissan doesn't seem to have a safe place for profit in the US anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 Was in a Rouge rental this past week-the CVT is fucking terrible (got ok gas mileage) and the interior was on par with my wife’s 2017 Escape materials/size wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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