Hope the money truck doesn’t have a CVT
I get this joke.
Sure, lean into AI. Don’t worry about the really shitty transmission you’re still sticking in most of your cars, AI will fix it
Oof.
I’m driving a 26 year old Nissan and it still runs great.
Please don’t become another shitty car company. I thought I had an easy choice to make when I needed a new vehicle.
Same. I drive a 22-year old 350Z Roadster manual and I plan on keeping it forever. I beat on it cause it’s a sports car, yet it’s never needed anything more beyond basic maintenance. They just don’t make them this simple and reliable anymore.
Sadly, it’s age is the reason you love that Nissan. Their cars have been steadily getting worse the last decade or two
But shareholder earnings have improved. And in the end, isn’t that what we all want? /s
Their ex-ceo who was responsible for all the cost cutting packed himself in a suitcase to escape the country, so maybe it didn’t work out after all
The funds will be used to modernize internal systems at its headquarters and accelerate digital modernization and the rollout of AI-driven systems
If a signigicant portion of those funds are going to AI, they are doomed.
All they need is a transmission not made of cheese.
They already sell their vehicles to Altima drivers. I think doom was already on the menu.
They were doomed from the second they tied their company success to those terrible awful JATCO steel belt CVT’s.
And told everyone those and the normal ATs didn’t ever need their fluid changed.
They don’t because the car will be in the wreckers before the fluid needs changing.
Then they sell a new one. Isn’t that good for them?
According to the article, they’re selling it for ¥97 billion but will lease it back, so they will post a ¥73.9 billion gain from the sale. But in the first half of 2025, they posted a loss of ¥221.9 billion. So selling their HQ will offset about two months’ worth of losses.
Stop making shitty cars
Yeah Nissan has been shit for 20 years, not surprising that it’s catching up to them.
On the topic of car manufacturers, are there any new non-chinese (i.e. state funded) car-brands or is the market so consolidated and regulated that entry is pretty much impossible?
there’s the electric car startups like rivian or whatever
The new Z is very reminiscent of the old Datsun 280. Or 240? Whatever, the cool one.
Isn’t it remimiscent of about all of them?
No one bought the new Z.
And those that did immediately wrapped them around trees because the handling is shit.
It’s a lovely car.
