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toyota hiace 1985 Q&A Review

What would be the better camper van to buy and maintain, a 2001 Mercedes Benz Sprinter which has done 350,000km for $16,500 or a 1985 pop-top Toyota Hiace with 290,000km for $13,500? Both Manuel Diesel engines

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What would be the better camper van to buy and maintain, a 2001 Mercedes Benz Sprinter which has done 350,000km for $16,500 or a 1985 pop-top Toyota Hiace with 290,000km for $13,500? Both Manuel Diesel engines

I would definitely recommend thr Mercedes-Benz if its service records are complete and its never been in an accident! Any time you buy a vehicle it should be checked by a good mechanic ! Overall mechanically i like both the Mercedes and Toyota but they must be well maintained and if so there should be records to prove it ! Also get a carfax thats very helpful. One other thing make sure you have full glass insurance traveling along you run into rocks etc that hit your windshield and a mb's windshield is pretty expensive if you can verify the service records on the Mercedes than the milage is not a problem plus its newer that the Toyota! If there are not service records or a carfax take it to a Mercedes mechanic that extra cost will be well worth it hope this helps Happy motoring!

How many cars have you owned since you first started driving?

Let me try to count. 1950 Jowett Bradord bought 1973 1959 Bedford CA 1954 Hillman Minx 1957 Humber 80 1952 Wolseley 6/80 wish I’d kept it. 1970 Holden Premier 308V8 wish I’d kept it. 1978 Datsun 180B 1982 Datsun Pulsar Plus hatch 1980 Morris Marina 1700HL 1963 Commer van 1967 Morris 1100 1963? Mazda Bongo, rear engine, wish I’d kept it. 1986 Toyota LiteAce 1986 Mazda Bongo diesel 1986 Toyota HiAce Custom saloon, diesel 1990 Nissan Caravan diesel 1985 Nissan Laurel Hardtop, 2.8lt diesel 1999 Nissan Pulsar Plus, bought new 2004 Toyota Estima 2.2lt turbo diesel 2011 Suzuki Kizashi Ltd. bought new, actually an ex demo car 2005 Mitsubishi Colt Plus, bought 2014 still have it 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV VRX bought March 2015 ex demo, still have it. So 22 that I can remember.

Is Mitsubishi Motors going out of business?

Maybe not, as with COVID-19 harmng Japan (where ,Mitsubishi Motors, and the ,Mitsubishi, conglomerate is home to) and the rest of the globe, therefore I may think that before the French-owned Nissan car company purchased and owned Mitsubishi (Motors) in 2016, then it would have been proven in the past for one [Japanese] car company (that is a part of a deeply big conglomerate) to be part of a fellow compatriot (like Toyota). Well, speaking as an alternate history; if Mitsubishi (Motors) should have not jump into the deeply ailing Franco-Japanese Renault-Nissan camp, therefore a Toyota takeover of Mitsubishi would have happen somewhere circa 1970s, 1980s, or 1990s. Because it was proved to be a mistake for MMC (which is the acronym for ‘Mitsubishi Motors Corporation’) to jump into the also ailing Chrysler car company’s turf, which also made ,Chrysler, to be the owner of the Mitsubishi car company (not conglomerate like ‘Hyundai’) in 1971, but especially, this could be a long, long, long discussion here as to explain why Mitsubishi Motors should have not just refuse a Nissan tie-up (as an alternate history), but also to explain why Mitsubishi Motors had pass the wrong way as well (plus its involvement with Hyundai since the Mitsubishi was its supplier of parts). The Chrysler takeover of Mitsubishi Motors was a ‘part of Mr. Kubo's expansion strategy was to increase exports by forging alliances with well-established foreign companies. Therefore, in 1971 MHI sold U.S. automotive giant Chrysler a 15 percent share in the new company. Thanks to this deal, Chrysler began selling the Galant in the United States as the Dodge Colt (which was the first rebadged Mitsubishi product sold by Chrysler), pushing MMC's annual production beyond 250,000 vehicles. In 1977, the Galant was sold as the Chrysler Sigma in Australia.’ (source: ,Mitsubishi Motors (1970s) - Wikipedia,). ‘By 1977, a network of "Colt"-branded distribution and sales dealerships had been established across Europe, as Mitsubishi sought to begin selling vehicles directly. Annual production had by now grown from 500,000 vehicles in 1973 to 965,000 in 1978, when Chrysler began selling the Galant as the Dodge Challenger and the Plymouth Sapporo. However, this expansion was beginning to cause friction; Chrysler saw their overseas markets for subcompacts as being directly encroached by their Japanese partners, while MMC felt the Americans were demanding too much say in their corporate decisions.’ (source: ,Mitsubishi Motors (1970s) - Wikipedia,). So far, in the 1980s, ‘Mitsubishi finally achieved annual production of one million cars in 1980, but by this time its ally was not so healthy; As part of its battle to avoid bankruptcy, Chrysler was forced to sell its Australian manufacturing division to MMC that year. The new Japanese owners renamed it Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd (MMAL).’ (,Mitsubishi Motors (1980s) - Wikipedia,) ‘In 1982, the Mitsubishi brand was introduced to the American market for the first time. The Tredia sedan, and the Cordia and Starion coupés, were initially sold through seventy dealers in 22 states, with an allocation of 30,000 vehicles between them. This quota, restricted by mutual agreement between the two countries' governments, had to be included among the 120,000 cars earmarked for Chrysler. A restricting element of Mitsubishi's deal with Chrysler was that Chrysler had the right of first refusal of any Mitsubishi automobiles in the US market until 1990. Toward the end of the 1980s, as MMC initiated a major push to increase its U.S. presence, it aired its first national television advertising campaign and made plans to increase its dealer network to 340 dealers.’ (,Mitsubishi Motors (1980s) - Wikipedia,) ‘Despite the ongoing tensions between Chrysler and Mitsubishi, they agreed to unite in a vehicle manufacturing operation in Normal, Illinois. The 50/50 venture provided a way to circumvent the voluntary import restrictions, while providing a new line of compact and subcompact cars for Chrysler. Diamond-Star Motors (DSM)—from the parent companies' logos: three diamonds (Mitsubishi) and a pentastar (Chrysler)—was incorporated in October 1985, and in April 1986 ground was broken on a 1.9 million square-foot (177,000 m2) production facility in Normal, Illinois. In 1987, the company was selling 67,000 cars a year in the U.S., but when the plant was completed in March 1988 it offered an annual capacity of 240,000 vehicles. Initially, three platform-sharing compact 2+2 coupés were released, the Mitsubishi Eclipse, Eagle Talon and Plymouth Laser, with other models being introduced in subsequent years.’ (source: ,Mitsubishi Motors (Diamond-Star Motors) - Wikipedia,) ‘Mitsubishi Motors went public in 1988, ending its status as the only one of Japan's eleven auto manufacturers to be privately held. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries agreed to reduce its share to 25 percent, retaining its position as largest single stockholder. Chrysler, meanwhile, increased its holding to over 20 percent. The capital raised by this initial offering enabled Mitsubishi to pay off part of its debts, as well as to expand its investments throughout south-east Asia where it was by now operating in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand.’ (source: ,Mitsubishi Motors (1988 IPO) - Wikipedia,) ‘Hirokazu Nakamura became president of Mitsubishi in 1989 and steered the company in some promising directions, with the advent of the Japanese asset price bubble "market correction" that led to the Lost Decade as a result of the Plaza Accord agreement signed in 1985. Sales of the company's new Pajero were bucking conventional wisdom by becoming popular even in the crowded streets of Japan.’ ‘It was heavily rumored by Japanese media, in 1992 and 1993, that Mitsubishi Motors intended a hostile acquisition of Honda. While Mitsubishi was riding high off of profitable vehicles such as the Diamante and Pajero, Honda was caught off-guard with the SUV and truck boom and was losing focus after the illness and later death of its founder. However, Honda CEO Nobuhiko Kawamoto took drastic steps, such as exiting Formula 1 and discontinuing unprofitable vehicles to avert a Mitsubishi takeover, which proved effective.’ ‘Although sales of SUVs and light trucks were booming in the U.S., Japan's car manufacturers dismissed the idea that such a trend could occur in their own country. Nakamura, however, increased the budget for sport utility product development, and his gamble paid off; Mitsubishi's wide line of four-wheel drive vehicles, from the Mitsubishi Pajero Mini kei car to the Delica Space Gear passenger van, rode the wave of SUV-buying in Japan in the early to mid-1990s, and Mitsubishi saw its overall domestic share rise to 11.6 percent in 1995.’ (source: ,Mitsubishi Motors (1990s) - Wikipedia,) ‘Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) participated in a ¥540 billion emergency rescue of Mitsubishi Motors in January 2005, in partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group. As part of the rescue, MHI acquired ¥50 billion of Mitsubishi Motors stock, increasing its ownership stake to 15 percent and making the automaker an affiliate again. The emergency rescue was carried out 4 years after a product recall scandal in Japan that was triggered by accussations of Mitsubishi Motors allegedly trying to systematically hide manufacturing defects to avoid recalls, and marketing problems in the US.‘ (source: ,Mitsubishi Motors (2000s) - Wikipedia,) ‘In 1991, Chrysler sold its equity stake in Diamond-Star Motors to its partner Mitsubishi, and from then on the two companies continued to share components and manufacturing on a contractual basis only. Chrysler decreased its interest in Mitsubishi Motors to less than three percent in 1992, and announced its decision to divest itself of all its remaining shares on the open market in 1993. The two companies then terminated their close alliance, with Mitsubishi no longer supplying parts for engines and transmissions for Chrysler. After this period, Mitsubishi sought alliances with many other automotive manufacturers in different areas of the world, as described under "other alliances" below, with its most economically significant alliance being with Nissan to develop and manufacture kei cars.’ (source: ,Mitsubishi Motors (Independence) - Wikipedia,) ‘South Korean manufacturer Hyundai, built the Hyundai Pony in 1975 using MMC's Saturn engine and transmissions. Korea's first car, it remained in production for thirteen years. Mitsubishi held up to a 10 percent stake in the company, until disposing of the last of its remaining shares in March 2003.’ ‘The 1985 Hyundai Excel was sold in the United States as the Mitsubishi Precis between 1987 and 1994, whereas several other Mitsubishi models were rebadged as Hyundai, namely the Mitsubishi Chariot (as the Hyundai Santamo), the Mitsubishi Pajero (as the Hyundai Galloper) or the Mitsubishi Delica (as the Hyundai Porter) and Mitsubishi Proudia (as the Hyundai Equus).’ (source: ,Mitsubishi Motors (Hyundai) - Wikipedia,) Therefore, when Hyundai was just a smaller ‘Korean’ car company (as the same thing did with Kia when they only utilise their cars from the Japanese Mazda car manufacturer before), Hyundai too started their first car (the Italian-designed ,Hyundai Pony, compact) that possessed a handful of mechanical parts straight out of Mitsubishi Motors’ cars (hence the ,Mitsubishi Saturn (aka 4G3) engine,), a practise Hyundai did to their 1980s and 1990s cars until they developed mechanical parts of its own (especially for the engines’ architectures being Mitsubishi-based, like for example is the ,Mitsubishi 6G7 V6 engine,), which started from the ,Hyundai Alpha inline-four engine,, and others too (also Hyundai utilised Mitsubishi’s already trademarked ,Gasoline direct injection, technology for their engines too, which was also practised by VAG/VW, and other car companies, especially TOYOTA with its ,2GR-FSE V6 engine,). As going back to the Mitsubishi under Toyota ownership banter: As for Toyota in the 1970s (the decade where Mitsubishi was then purchased and owned by Chrysler), they rather felt a little relaxed after buying ,Hino Motors (Toyota’s lorry/truck manufacturing division), in 1967, the same year Toyota even triggered a partnership with small car specialist ,Daihatsu,, whose attempts to invest itself overseas (specifically in ‘Europe’, the British Isles, the U.S. (but not in Canada), and Australia/NZ) had been better off worse. Hence Daihatsu attempted to establish a foothold in the U.S. automotive market with the Charade as its first car, until it stopped its operations in 1992. But, there were only three Daihatsu vehicles had been sold inside U.S. soil, hence the ,Daihatsu Feroza (dubbed in ‘Europe’ and AU/NZ as the Daihatsu Feroza, the Daihatsu Sportrak in the UK, and the Daihatsu Rocky in the U.S.),, the ,Daihatsu Hijet that was even made an appearance on the first episode of MTV’s now-dead ‘Pimp My Ride’ TV programme,, and EVEN the ,Daihatsu Charade, as well, an idea Toyota experienced with killing off ,Scion, in 2013 (a U.S.-exclusive marque established by Japan’s still leading automaker that was focused on younger car buyers). So, when Toyota found the solution to boost its revenues/budget once again (after buying Hino and tying the knot with Daihatsu), by importing such cult favourites like the Starlet (now replaced by the Yaris), Carina (which was a twin to the Corona whose name is not used in ‘Europe’ and the UK/Ireland), Celica, Land Cruiser, Hilux, Hiace, Corolla, and others overseas. Especially Toyota had the honour of developing the ,[Toyota] Kijang, MPV (dubbed in the Philippines as the Toyota Tamaraw and in Papua New Guinea as the Toyota Traka) that was only focused on the Southeast Asian automotive market, as hence the model’s name means 'Kerja Sama Indonesia-Jepang' (which also means in English as ‘Indonesia-Japan Cooperation’) and ‘deer’ (,muntjac,) in Indonesian and Malay (Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Malaysia). Also the Kijang/Tamaraw had also been a hit to Toyota’s Southeast Asian operations (so do in Taiwan, where it was called as the ,Toyota Zace,), it even reached India with the Mk3/third generation Kijang being called as the ‘,Toyota Qualis,’ (produced from 2000 to 2004), and even South Africa as the ,Toyota Venture (aka Toyota Stallion for pickup/ute version only), as well (an example of how the Toyota Kijang being sold overseas with such names). So when Mitsubishi felt uncertain about its alliance with Chrysler, therefore they even developed a Mk2/second generation ,Mitsubishi Delica (aka Mitsubishi L300 and Mitsubishi Express (also marketed as a Chrysler) in Australia), that would later become a popular model running on the roads of the Philippines since it was introduced and produced there (Philippines) in 1987 (until onwards as of now), especially Mitsubishi had experienced of suffering recalls for their cars in the past, such as this info (from: ,Mitsubishi extends recall of faulty cars as scandal widens | The Japan Times,), seen below: ‘Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Tuesday it will recall another 88,000 vehicles following a previous recall announcement in July, admitting that the firm had been systematically hiding user complaint documents from authorities for at least 23 years.’ ‘In some cases, MMC secretly fixed defective cars to avoid a recall. The start of such practices could date back to 1969, when the recall system was established in Japan, ministry officials said.’ ‘“This is very regrettable. From the viewpoint of user safety, this kind of thing should never happen,” said a sour-faced Transport Minister Hajime Morita, who met MMC President Katsuhiko Kawasoe when he went to the ministry Tuesday to apologize for the debacle.’ ‘Kawasoe took with him the results of an in-house investigation carried out after the defect coverups first came to light in July.’ ‘The latest recall, which affects vehicles produced from 1998 until Aug. 6, includes 45,374 units of the firm’s Minicab, whose fuel cap valve is feared to leak gasoline; 32,371 Gallants, in which a problem was found with the fuel tanks; and 7,202 Lancers, which have a fault in the structure maintaining stability in its rear wheels.’ ‘Six accidents caused by the defective autos have been reported so far, including a traffic accident involving MMC’s multipurpose vehicle Pajero in Kumamoto Prefecture in June in which two people suffered whiplash, according to the Transport Ministry.’ ‘In addition to the 88,000 defective autos to be recalled, MMC is also required by an ordinance to fix 8,889 Delica vehicles, which have a weak and defective damper weight, the ministry said.’ ‘MMC also will voluntarily launch “service campaigns” for 6,617 Diamante vehicles that were produced between September 1999 and May this year, as well as 100,900 Minicab units that were produced from December 1998 through July 3 of this year, the ministry said.’ ‘According to Transport Ministry officials, MMC said employees had stamped some complaint documents from users with an “H” mark, hiding them from regular inspection by the ministry since at least 1977.’ ‘Of 88,000 user complaints reported since April 1998, MMC said it hid about 64,000 from ministry inspectors. , the officials said. In July, the ministry conducted a surprise inspection of MMC, which uncovered a mountain of hidden complaint documents and led to the recall of 532,000 automobiles.’ ‘MMC subsequently launched the in-house investigation committee and submitted a report to the Transport Ministry on Tuesday, admitting the firm hid certain information in an organized way, with approval of department chief-level executives.’ ‘The Transport Ministry is now considering slapping administrative penalties on MMC as early as September for violations of relevant laws by falsifying reports, which could force MMC to pay a fine of up to 1 million yen. , the officials said. Speaking at a news conference Tuesday, Kawasoe admitted what he described as “double management” of complaints from consumers and other product information since September 1977.’ ‘“We have been conducting improper practices in quality management over a long time,” Kawasoe said. “There is no way we can make an excuse for that. We are facing a very regrettable situation that can be described as a lack of respect for regulations.”’ ‘In handling complaints and other product information from consumers, MMC separated information on defects for which the causes were difficult to discern and therefore hard to explain to the Transport Ministry during inspections.’ ‘This double handling of information has led to quality control methods that are at odds with the regular handling of such data and also with measures to follow up on complaints, Kawasoe admitted.’ ‘The practice, which started in 1977 when some employees decided not to disclose information, subsequently become routine practice, he said.’ ‘Kawasoe said he will severely punish board members and employees in connection with the scandal, including cutting wages, but he ruled out the possibility of resigning himself.’ Also from a news article from four years ago (,Mitsubishi Motors admits using unapproved efficiency tests for 25 years | The Japan Times,): ‘Embattled automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp. admitted Tuesday that its method of testing fuel efficiency, which does not comply with Japanese standards, has been in use since 1991, much longer than it had previously stated.’ ‘The Tokyo-based automaker said it is investigating why its testing specialists have used the unapproved method for a quarter-century.’ ‘“We are not sure if they were even aware that it was the wrong method. When it started, they might have thought it was correct, and that thought was then passed down, so it is possible that they did it without questioning why,” Mitsubishi Motors President Tetsuro Aikawa told a news conference at the transport ministry.’ ‘The automaker was ordered by the transport ministry to investigate the matter and report back by Wednesday.’ ‘The unapproved testing method — known as a running test — is one that is used in the United States. It helps to save time, but Japanese regulators have never approved its use.’ ‘Mitsubishi said it compared the test’s outcomes with those of the approved Japanese test in 2001 and found barely any discrepancies. The difference was a matter of 2.3 percent, at most, it said.’ ‘The firm said it will compare the two methods once again, adding that it is not sure how many cars received the unapproved tests.’ ‘Regarding a separate scandal involving massaged fuel efficiency figures for more than 620,000 minicars, Mitsubishi said it is still investigating what happened and why. Four car models were involved.’ ‘The firm repeatedly set higher fuel efficiency goals for its minicars, and this may have pressured employees not to let the team down, Mitsubishi executives said.’ ‘For 157,000 units of the eK Wagon and eK Space models sold by Mitsubishi and 468,000 units of Dayz and Dayz Roox supplied for Nissan, Mitsubishi intentionally used figures for tire and air resistance that would be small on the road.’ ‘Mitsubishi stopped assembling and shipping the affected cars last week after the scandal came to light.’ ‘Analysts say the firm potentially faces huge costs for compensating parties involved, including car buyers, Nissan and the government — which granted it tax discounts for fuel-efficient cars.’ ‘The firm is scheduled to announce its earnings for fiscal 2015 on Wednesday but is likely to skip announcing its forecast due to future uncertainties.’ ‘Its shares crashed again Tuesday, closing the day’s trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange at ¥434, down 9.58 percent. The automaker’s stock price has halved since the scandal broke a week ago.’ ‘Authorities raided the company’s office last week after its initial admission of error and the firm has warned that the number of affected vehicles could rise. So far it has not included those sold overseas.’ ‘The analysts say the revelations raise questions about Mitsubishi’s future and point to a broader problem in the global car industry as regulators probe other automakers’ pollution and fuel-efficiency claims.’ ‘Embattled German carmaker Volkswagen said Friday the massive test-dodging scandal it is currently engulfed in pushed it into its first annual loss in more than 20 years, but that the final costs still cannot be estimated.’ ‘Also Friday, Germany’s transport minister Alexander Dobrindt said a probe sparked by Volkswagen’s emissions-rigging scandal found irregularities at 16 car brands, including Mercedes, France’s Renault, Alfa Romeo, Chevrolet, Hyundai, Jaguar, and Nissan.’ ‘Information from AFP-Jiji added’ Therefore, that was how Mitsubishi Motors would predict those things when it was part of a certain, ailing American automaker (Chrysler) at that ttme, then when tensions between Chrysler and Mitsubishi Motors were about to rose somewhere in the 1980s. Then Mitsubishi would have sever its partnership with Chrysler, and instead form an aliiance with Toyota, which meant that if Mitsubishi sided with Toyota (than the mediocre and now-dying Chrysler marque) in the 1980s, then Toyota would rather become a conductor to Mitsubishi by sharing its works like its transmissions, and their inline four and six engines that was powered inside the Corolla (so do the deeply iconic and FR AE86), Supra, Land Cruiser, Hilux, and even other models as well. But instead of establishing DSM (Diamond-Star Motors) in the U.S. (for Mitsubishi) and forming an alliance with General Motors in North America and Australia (for Toyota), therefore Toyota and Mitsubishi Motors would rather form a partnership in regards of Mitsubishi merging with Toyota’s operations abroad, for examples were the ,NUMMI (New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.), plant (in California, U.S.) that is now already called as the ,Tesla Factory,), and the ,United Australian Automobile Industries (UAAI), plant in Melbourne, Australia as well, rather than those where once part of Chrysler’s Australia and NZ operations (see: ,Mitsubishi Motors Australia - Wikipedia,). Especially, that would let Toyota to keep its lead in the Japanese automotive industry, while Mitsubishi Motors would end up dethroning Nissan in second place as a result of the alternate history (a Toyota-Mitsubishi partnership). Therefore, Mitsubishi Motors joining Toyota’s orbit would have been circa 1970s (probably 1977, if Chrysler ownership got vanished), when the Mitsubishi nameplate was absent in the U.S. and Canada until 1982. Also in 1982, India’s government-founded ,Maruti Udyog, (established in 1981) should have preferred Mitsubishi Motors over Suzuki as its partner, in the end, Maruti merged with Mitsubishi (the car company), and formed ‘Maruti Mitsubishi’ (instead of Maruti Suzuki) as a result of a joint venture agreement between MU (Maruti Udyog) and MMC (Mitsubishi Motors Corporation), which would end up producing a handful of Mitsubishi cars (ex: ,Mitsubishi Minicab,) under licence (also built exclusively for Indian roads). Chrysler on the other hand, changed its mind after losing Mitsubishi to Toyota’s umbrella, and instead joined Ford as to pay tribute to Lee Iacocca (who worked for Ford before Chrysler), so Chrysler Europe was took over by Ford’s ‘European’ operations (instead of Peugeot) in 1978. Mitsubishi’s merger with Toyota later led to building its cars that were based on Toyota vehicles (just as how Hyundai does to Kia now), the Pajero shared the same chassis as the Land Cruiser, and the Starion had shared the same skeleton with the [Celica] Supra for example. Mazda, which is a Japanese automaker that has a deeply poor experience in ,off-roading, than in those pertaining to ,road racing,, had formed an alliance with the ‘Ford-Chrysler Alliance’ in 1979, but twelve years later, the Toyota-Mitsubishi union had targeted a financial takeover of Mazda after winning the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans race (which made Mazda the first Japanese marque to win the deeply famous endurance racing event) that was later resulted to ,a ban on rotary engines in Le Mans (1992),, rather than a plan to buy Honda before and after Soichiro Honda’s death on 5 August 1991, which resulted to Honda being targeted by a Mitsubishi purchase (from 1992 to 1993) that was later avoided with Honda leaving F1 and cancelling the production of unsuccessful models. Then the deal with the Toyota-Mitsubishi partnership had resulted to Mazda’s alliance with the hypothetical Ford-Chrysler union ended, as with models like 323, MX-5, 626, etc were all planned to be based on the architecture of Toyota and Mitsubishi’s cars, but the addition of Mazda too had brought an end to the usage of rotary engines, as Toyota planned to develop boxer and V6 engines, and also hybrid cars like the Prius (while RX-7 production was aborted, Mazda instead developed the MX-6 as based on the Toyota Celica). Nissan on the other hand, had owned ,Subaru, from 1986 to 1999 (the year Nissan accidentally joined Renault and Subaru incidentally joined GM before Toyota bought and owned Subaru from 2005 onwards), so when Nissan (which was not owned by one antiquarian French automaker hence Renault) was demoted to the bottom (by the historically hypothetical Toyota-Mitsubishi merger) of the rankings in Japan’s automotive market, therefore Nissan too would rather purchase the Honda that was just a small Japanese marque (which not just builds cars like Mitsubishi and Korea’s Hyundai do). So, Honda had went on to stay and race in Formula One, then Nissan supported Honda’s role in F1, and decided to be a longtime participant, which was the point that Honda avoided a Mitsubishi takeover just to leave F1. Nissan developed the 300ZX as a mid-engined production sports car, then Honda shared its chassis, and went on to develop the NSX instead, which did not utilised twin turbochargers compared to its Nissan sibling. The Civic on the other hand, was later built on the Nissan Sunny/Pulsar chassis, the Nissan Sentra shared the same platform as the former, and the Accord was instead based upon the skeleton of the Nissan Bluebird (aka Stanza) Then in the end, Honda under a hypothetical Nissan ownership circa 1980s would have Nissan to trademark ,VTEC, at the same time Honda do, as for Nissan (which was not owned by the French Renault) being the conductor and parent to Honda, Honda would rather develop SUVs and pickups/utes being derived from the ,Nissan Pathfinder (aka Nissan Terrano outside of the U.S. market),, its larger ,[Nissan] Patrol, sibling, and the ,Nissan Hardbody (aka Nissan Navara and Nissan Datsun) pickup,, instead of dealing with ,Isuzu for the Honda Passport that was only sold for the North American market, as an example. And that is all for now, I rather finish this long and hard to make answer of mine with links to read: - ,Genda Nicolai Yturzaeta Iwakawa, (sorry for the mouthpiee #ThrowbackThursday) alternatehistory.com The world’s platform for change, (to make a petition) https://www.quora.com/Are-Mazda-cars-and-mechanical-parts-e-g-engines-better-than-the-vehicles-and-parts-of-its-fellow-compatriots-Mitsubishi-Motors-and-Isuzu-Motors-Then-why-shouldnt-Mazda-buy-and-control-Mitsubishis-or-Isuzus-to-make/answer/Nathan-Eversole-1/comment/132212609, (contact Nathan Eversole ,Nathan Eversole, for this) Mukund Kadkol's answer to Dear Indian car fans: What is the best-selling (or most popular) Honda car to be sold (or seen) in India? So despite COVID-19, if Japan's second-biggest automaker buys Nissan, should Nissan too rebadge the Brio, City, Civic, Mobilio, BR-V, and more? Dileep Kumar Reddy M's answer to Why Mitsubishi Motors in India is minnow than Suzuki (known to Indians as Maruti Suzuki)? And despite COVID-19, should Toyota, Subaru, and the small car/bike expert solve the problem by buying the Mitsubishi car company (MMC) from scandalised Nissan? https://www.quora.com/Despite-COVID-19-still-running-in-deep-if-Toyota-buys-and-dragoons-mediocre-Lamborghini-from-vapid-Volkswagen-into-demise-what-if-that-idea-could-benefit-the-Japanese-automobile-giant-to-revive-Suzuki-and-purchase/answer/Ramsey-Williams-6/comment/133794296 https://www.quora.com/What-would-Japans-Suzuki-car-and-bike-company-known-as-Maruti-Suzuki-feel-if-they-build-a-pickup-a-utility-vehicle-known-as-ute-in-Australia-NZ-that-is-similar-to-the-absent-Toyota-Hilux-Isuzu-D-Max-and-the-India/answer/Deepak-Vasudevan-5/comment/137580323 Despite COVID-19, if a Toyota-Suzuki union already exist, and if they buy and pull Mitsubishi Motors out of India (so do Toyota buying and liquidating PSA (Peugeot) and Fiat Chrysler), should the fantasy Toyota-Suzuki merger also cooperate with Tata?, (contact ,Prasanta Das, for this) Despite COVID-19, if a Toyota-Suzuki union already exist, and if they buy and pull Mitsubishi Motors out of India (so do Toyota buying and liquidating PSA (Peugeot) and Fiat Chrysler), should the fantasy Toyota-Suzuki merger also cooperate with Tata?

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