Earlier this year Mr Ghosn brought Daimler, a German maker of trucks and luxury cars, into a three-way alliance with Renault and Nissan.

今年初，戈洛斯将德国的卡车、豪华轿车制造商——戴姆勒与雷诺、尼桑一起组成三体联盟。

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Renault and Nissan, which have a working alliance and share the same chief executive, formed a partnership with Daimler to co-operate on the development of small cars, vans and engine technology.

雷诺和日产是同盟，而且拥有同一个总裁。 雷诺-日产与戴姆勒建立伙伴关系，在小型车、货车和引擎技术上共同合作。

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On October 4th General Motors (GM), a struggling American car giant, said it had broken off negotiations with Renault and Nissan about joining their alliance.

10月4日通用，这个美国汽车巨擘，宣布中止与加入雷诺-日产联盟的谈判。

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Despite falling short of its goals, however, the Nissan- Renault alliance increased sales in 2012 by 83 percent.

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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.

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