Sean McLain

We are following some breaking news this morning. Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced that they plan to merge. If the deal goes through, this would make the companies the third largest automakers in the world.

We are following some breaking news this morning. Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced that they plan to merge. If the deal goes through, this would make the companies the third largest automakers in the world.

I mean, I would say this boils down to money and pure desperation.

I mean, I would say this boils down to money and pure desperation.

I mean, I would say this boils down to money and pure desperation.

I mean, there were three giants of Japanese automaking, all storied companies for different reasons. You obviously have your Toyota, largest carmaker in the world, an engine of profit and efficiency. And then you have Honda, probably Japan's most famous startup. You know, started from Soichiro Honda, who made motorcycles out of bicycles and then had no background in cars and cars.

I mean, there were three giants of Japanese automaking, all storied companies for different reasons. You obviously have your Toyota, largest carmaker in the world, an engine of profit and efficiency. And then you have Honda, probably Japan's most famous startup. You know, started from Soichiro Honda, who made motorcycles out of bicycles and then had no background in cars and cars.

I mean, there were three giants of Japanese automaking, all storied companies for different reasons. You obviously have your Toyota, largest carmaker in the world, an engine of profit and efficiency. And then you have Honda, probably Japan's most famous startup. You know, started from Soichiro Honda, who made motorcycles out of bicycles and then had no background in cars and cars.

forced his way into the car industry and his current place in the world. Honda's kind of like the engineering weirdo of the triumvirate of Japanese automakers.

forced his way into the car industry and his current place in the world. Honda's kind of like the engineering weirdo of the triumvirate of Japanese automakers.

forced his way into the car industry and his current place in the world. Honda's kind of like the engineering weirdo of the triumvirate of Japanese automakers.

Nissan, innovation that excites. Nissan, which was always the most storied, I would say, of the Japanese automakers, maybe not the biggest, maybe not the best known, but certainly the most storied. I mean, Nissan's name in Japanese literally means Japanese industry. You know, it was an industrial powerhouse throughout the sort of the mid-century till today.

Nissan, innovation that excites. Nissan, which was always the most storied, I would say, of the Japanese automakers, maybe not the biggest, maybe not the best known, but certainly the most storied. I mean, Nissan's name in Japanese literally means Japanese industry. You know, it was an industrial powerhouse throughout the sort of the mid-century till today.

Nissan, innovation that excites. Nissan, which was always the most storied, I would say, of the Japanese automakers, maybe not the biggest, maybe not the best known, but certainly the most storied. I mean, Nissan's name in Japanese literally means Japanese industry. You know, it was an industrial powerhouse throughout the sort of the mid-century till today.

So Nissan of the early 90s was known as a very engineering-driven company that, you know, the cars you bought from them were, in one sense, over-engineered. They were exciting to drive.

So Nissan of the early 90s was known as a very engineering-driven company that, you know, the cars you bought from them were, in one sense, over-engineered. They were exciting to drive.

So Nissan of the early 90s was known as a very engineering-driven company that, you know, the cars you bought from them were, in one sense, over-engineered. They were exciting to drive.

Nissan was the inventor of the modern electric vehicle.

Nissan was the inventor of the modern electric vehicle.

Nissan was the inventor of the modern electric vehicle.