For convenience I list my picks again: KUB, KYO, KNM, MFG, MKTAY, NJ, NSANY, PC, SNE, and TM.
FORBES: Is the Bank of Japan Really Easing -- Or Does It Just Want to Depreciate the Yen?
Japanese multinationals like Honda (NYSE:HMC), Toyota (NYSE:TM) and Nissan (OTC:NSANY) have already seen the impact from this conflict.
Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people )'s Titan, for example, has failed to dent the market.
Then Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) in Japan decided that the name Datsun was no good for Americans.
Nissan's (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) sales have been falling in Japan, in the United States and in Europe.
Infiniti, the luxury division of Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ), just now seems to be recovering after a decade of failure.
In 1999 the chief executive of Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) Motor promised to resign if he couldn't fix the company.
FORBES: Nissan readies a big rollout of new cars and trucks.
Some carmakers will hire firms like Bell's to do just that for them--Lippincott Mercer created the Infiniti name for Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ).
When Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) said it would cut 20% of its costs during its turnaround effort, Toyota set a goal of cutting 30%.
Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ), after a nice surge of popular new vehicles a few years ago, has not had a hit in quite awhile.
But Ganal says he's more worried about Nissan 's (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) Infiniti brand, which is positioned directly below BMW. "Infiniti is more dangerous than Lexus, " he says.
While Acuras are good handling cars, they rarely come out on top in road tests against rear-wheel-drive models from BMW, Mercedes or Nissan 's (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) Infiniti.
York pushed for an alliance between GM, Nissan Motor Co. (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) and Renault S.A., but after exploring the possibility for three months, GM's board scrapped the idea.
Nissan 's ( NSANY - news - people ) Leaf are the high-profile, well-received electrically charged headline grabbers, but Ford has also arrived with critically acclaimed hybrid versions of its Escape SUV and Fusion sedan.
But whether it's called Five Hundred or Taurus, the car still doesn't have the appeal of the Camry or Accord, or even Nissan 's (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) Altima or Chrysler 300 sedans.
Richard Wagoner called off talks with Renault (other-otc: RNSDF - news - people ) and Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) to forge an engineering and product development alliance that Kerkorian had championed.
Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of France's Renault (other-otc: RNSDF - news - people ) and Japan's Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ), has made known his desire to add a North American partner to that global alliance.
Under an intense media spotlight, Ghosn, who is chief executive of Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) of Japan and of the French Renault, and GM (nyse: GM - news - people ) Chief Executive G.
See, this car is based on the great new Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) 350Z, a car we proclaimed the best sports car value on earth, a crown we don't expect to transfer to a successor vehicle for some time.
But foreign-based brands have equally appealing models coming, such as Nissan 's (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) Titan pickup, BMW's X3 compact Sport Utility Vehicle and Honda 's (nyse: HMC - news - people ) as yet unnamed pickup-sport utility truck.
Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) can't afford any mistakes as it challenges a work force that had never seen the inside of an auto factory to launch five models in less than a year at one new plant--an unprecedented schedule for any North American automaker.
In the spring, Honda (nyse: HMC - news - people ) will begin selling its Fit, Toyota (nyse: TM - news - people ) will sell the Yaris and, a couple of months later, Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) will sell the Versa.
In September, Ford (nyse: F - news - people ) Explorer sales were up 22%, Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) Pathfinder sales were up 20%, Toyota (nyse: TM - news - people ) 4Runner sales were up 13% and GMC Envoy sales were up 6%.
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.
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