Honda-Nissan Merger Potential

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Welcome to the New World Order of automakers. Soon, only the big survive

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Honda -Nissan announced last week that they plan to merge and create the world’s third largest automaker.

The two Japanese automakers expect to announce the combination within six months .

The push toward consolidation is only going to get greater in coming decade .

Technology, R&D and other factors driving possible deals are numerous and powerful.

Some countries would balk at allowing combinations of their national automakers with one from another country.

Some major players, such as Volkswagen or Ford , have ownership structures that would make a straight merger difficult if not impossible.

Some existing legacy automakers are likely to get smaller as the part of the global market buying traditional gasoline powered cars continues to shrink.

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