Despite falling short of its goals, however, the Nissan- Renault alliance increased sales in 2012 by 83 percent.
The statement from Ford, the Renault-Nissan alliance and Daimler stressed the geographic spread of the firms.
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Ghosn, in fact, explicitly says the Renault-Nissan alliance someday could be expanded to include a North American carmaker.
"This decision does not at all call into question the electric vehicle strategy of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, " the company said in a statement.
Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of the Renault-Nissan alliance, said he wants his companies to move just as quickly as any Silicon Valley start-up.
If Chrysler stages a miraculous recovery with its help, Mr Marchionne would have pulled off something similar to Carlos Ghosn's Renault-Nissan alliance at almost no cost other than diverted management time.
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' moribund stock, billionaire Kirk Kerkorian today urged the world's biggest automaker to join rivals Nissan and Renault in a global alliance as a way to return to profitability after two years of losses.
We are writing to advise you that Tracinda Corporation has asked the Board of Directors of General Motors Corporation to form a committee to immediately and fully explore, together with management, participating in the Renault-Nissan partnership-alliance.
Earlier this week, he announced GM, Renault and Nissan were calling off alliance talks two weeks before their Oct. 15 deadline because the two sides disagreed on how an agreement would be structured.
Two years ago, Kerkorian tried to engineer an alliance between Nissan Motor and Renault, which already have cross-shareholdings and common management, and General Motors.
Sales of the company's high-profit trucks and sport utility vehicles have slid faster than Ford expected, and Ford's rival, General Motors, has entered into talks with Renault and Nissan Motor to create an alliance to help all three companies compete in markets across the globe.
Wagoner concluded that Renault and Nissan would benefit most from an alliance and therefore should pay GM a fee.
In a second letter, addressed to Nissan and Renault, Kerkorian revealed he had discussed the alliance with Ghosn.
Nissan's alliance with the French car maker Renault, for instance, is promising.
Richard Wagoner called off talks with Renault and Nissan to forge an engineering and product development alliance that Kerkorian had championed.
Reports published on Wednesday indicated that GM wanted Nissan and Renault to pay it billions of dollars to join their alliance.
As we recently discussed with Mr. Ghosn, Tracinda believes that General Motors, Renault and Nissan should explore a three-company, partnership-based alliance.
Carlos Ghosn , chief executive of Renault and Nissan, has made no secret of his desire to expand the current alliance to include a North American automaker.
Carlos Ghosn, the chief executive of both Japan's Nissan and France's Renault, is still interested in having an American pillar to his alliance.
" A joint statement with GM on Wednesday said, "Renault and Nissan consider that the principle of compensation is contrary to the spirit of any successful alliance.
Nissan and Renault, both run by superstar manager CarlosGhosnCarlos Ghosn, have been operating together in a successful international alliance in recent years.
Nissan and Renault, both run by superstar manager Carlos Ghosn , have been operating together in a successful international alliance in recent years.
Sales of the company's high-profit trucks and sport utility vehicles have slid faster than Ford expected, and Ford's rival, General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people ), has entered into talks with Renault and Nissan Motor (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) to create an alliance to help all three companies compete in markets across the globe.
Neither letter specified the terms of the alliance, but it would likely involve cross-shareholdings, possibly similar to the current Nissan-Renault arrangement.
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