Renault set a gloomy tone for the European car industry by slashing its outlook for revenue and profit, saying weakening economies are weighing on car sales and tougher rules on emissions have increased costs.

Nissan chief executive Hiroto Saikawa will step down because of a scandal involving inflated stock-linked bonuses, thus deepening the turmoil that has enveloped the Japanese carmaker since the arrest of former chairman Carlos Ghosn.

Global carmakers as diverse as Japan’s Nissan, Germany’s Mercedes Benz-maker Daimler, and British-based Aston Martin, in new warnings about sales slowdowns, showed the huge challenges facing the industry as they try to buy time to invest in the new generation of electric and self-driving cars.

Nissan pledged to put more focus on mending its troubled two-decade alliance with Renault as the Japanese carmaker’s boisterous shareholders voted to give the French partner more say over its future.

A merger between Fiat and Renault must include guarantees on French jobs and factories and fit with an existing Franco-Japanese car partnership, according to France finance minister Bruno Le Maire.

US-Italian car maker Fiat Chrysler has made an all-share merger proposal to French rival Renault as part of a new wave of consolidation in the car industry.

Nissan is opposing renewed efforts by alliance partner Renault to merge under a holding company because such a structure won’t help turn the Japanese carmaker around, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.

Toyota and Honda forecast profit and sales short of analysts’ estimates as a trade spat between the US and China threatens global car sales already sputtering from weaker demand.

Shareholders of Nissan Motor Co have approved removing its former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, from its board.

The board of car manufacturer Renault is meeting to settle ex-chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn's final pay cheque and wrap up its investigation into possible financial wrongdoing under his leadership.

The board of French carmaker Renault has named two new leaders to replace industry veteran Carlos Ghosn, who resigned after weeks of detention in Japan.

Ma Jie and Kae Inoue Carlos Ghosn’s arrest is triggering a reckoning at the Japanese carmaker he once saved from near bankruptcy, with Nissan reviewing its global operations and relationships with key dealers as part of an expanding investigation into the car titan’s alleged misdeeds.

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Renault and Nissan are in talks to merge, seeking to solidify their two-decade-old alliance as an unprecedented shift toward electric and shared cars transforms the industry.

French car giant Renault has said half of its models will be electric or hybrid by 2022 and it is investing heavily in "robo-vehicles" with increasing degrees of autonomy.

WHO’D have thought it? Renault: The second largest car-maker in Europe in 2016.

Time was when Renault couldn’t do a thing wrong. 

In conjunction with the Olympics, Nissan has unveiled the working prototype of its futuristic BladeGlider vehicle, combining zero emissions with high-performance.

Renault created the compact MPV segment, in Europe, in 1996, with the iconic Scenic, and since has introduced three generations that have sold five million units. 

Official economic numbers are famously rubbery. China’s exports to Hong Kong in December rose 30% from the previous month and overtook shipments to the US and the European Union, according to customs data released earlier this week which economists put down to fake invoicing by mainland businesses trying to evade currency restrictions.

Nissan will have vehicles packed with autonomous driving technology by 2020 but whether people will be able to drive them on roads is up to government regulators, says chief executive Carlos Ghosn.

Manchester City have expanded their growing global portfolio by announcing the purchase of a minority stake in Japanese J-League club Yokohama F Marinos.

THINGS are definitely on the up chez Peugeot.

Eco-friendly cars were in the spotlight as the Tokyo Motor Show opened yesterday, with Toyota unveiling a new model and Nissan touting its aerodynamic BladeGlider for energy-conscious drivers.

Renault is considering the complete closure of its factories because of the dire state of the European car market, the company’s chief operating officer said yesterday.

Renault’s chief executive has warned that the French carmaker could disappear “in its current form” if it is unable to be competitive at home as European car markets face a lasting slump.

Nissan chief executive Carlos Ghosn highlighted the quick recovery of the carmaker from a year of disasters as shareholders questioned low dividends and a lagging stock price.

Nissan Motor is reviving Datsun models in emerging markets, where the biggest growth is expected for affordable stylish vehicles, and has no plans to bring the brand back in developed markets.

The chief executive of Nissan has fuelled speculation that the Japanese car maker may revive its Datsun brand to compete in the low-cost end of the market.

Nissan has reported a 3.2% rise in third-quarter profits after healthier sales offset production damage from flooding in Thailand as well as a battering on earnings from a strong yen.

Nissan’s quarterly profit dropped 20% as Japanese car makers took a battering from the earthquake and tsunami disaster which disrupted production and destroyed dealerships.

French carmaker Renault SA named a top executive of Nissan Americas as its new chief operating officer, in an effort to move on from an embarrassing scandal around false accusations of espionage.

Global car makers unveiled ambitious expansion plans for China today, targeting the country's newly-prosperous drivers.

VOLKSWAGEN, PSAPeugeot Citroen and other European car makers may be forced to halt production in coming weeks as component suppliers in earthquake-ravaged Japan struggle to restart factories.

FRANCE faced severe political embarrassment yesterday after carmaker Renault said the three top executives it sacked for industrial espionage in January might not be spies after all.

DESIGNS for a carbon-conscious world took front place as car makers revealed their latest high-tech models at the Paris auto show, hoping for rebound in a struggling car market.

SAUBER have been granted a place on the Formula One grid for the 2010 season.

Renault are understood to be again debating their future in Formula One.

Renault have put their future in Formula One on hold.