Mitsubishi reportedly plans to spend billions to get back in the game
Plans include electrification and a move into China and Indonesia.
Nikkei
Is Nissan reviving its Datsun brand for a low-cost return in 2014?
Japan's Nikkei news service is reporting that Nissan is dusting the cobwebs off its Datsun brand, dropped back in 1986, and preparing it for a return in 2014. Loyalists will be disappointed to learn that the "new" Datsun badge won't be riveted to the nose of any upcoming Fairlady Z in the near future – it probably isn't even coming to North America. Instead, the report indicates that
Report: Japanese auto stocks battered as Nikkei plunges post quake *UPDATE
A 8.9-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami devastated much of Japan, with staggering death-tolls and estimates of $100 billion in property damage. As one might expect, Japan's auto industry has been and will be heavily affected by the nationwide disaster. Power outages have brought plants to a halt, and the Nikkei, Japan's stock market, has taken notice.
