What Are Your Predictions for Future Japanese Mergers?

"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind) 05/12/2016 at 13:03 • Filed to: Mergers

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Back in February we were told that all of the Japanese Automakers could end up !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . At the time of that article’s publishing, Japan only had seven automakers remaining: Toyota, Honda, Suzuki, Nissan, Fuji Heavy Industries, Mazda, and Mitsubishi Motors. Funny that the most difficult brands to guess (Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors) just became a thing. What are your predictions to get this down to just three large companies?

TheHondaBro > Wobbles the Mind 05/12/2016 at 13:08

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Subaruball feels left out.

OPPOsaurus WRX > TheHondaBro 05/12/2016 at 13:10

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( Fuji Heavy Industries )

Wobbles the Mind > TheHondaBro 05/12/2016 at 13:10

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They are under Fuji Heavy Industries.

CalzoneGolem > TheHondaBro 05/12/2016 at 13:11

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Fuji Heavy Industries

TheHondaBro > TheHondaBro 05/12/2016 at 13:11

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Fuji Heavy Industries

WRXasaurus > Wobbles the Mind 05/12/2016 at 13:14

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My vote is that Mazda and Fuji Heavy Industries get together. And either Suzuki can join them or combine with Honda. That would leave 4 separate companies but I think it would work.

Stapleface > Wobbles the Mind 05/12/2016 at 13:17

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I don’t think we’ll get down to three.

I’ll throw Suzuki out of the equation because they don't sell in the US. But, if I have to put them somewhere, I'll throw them in with Fuji Heavy and Mazda. I could see Fuji buying Suzuki, and then Fujuki and Mazda doing a merger for a 50% stock swap. Nissan won't want to take on any more, and Honda and Toyota are too big to merge.

Boxer_4 > WRXasaurus 05/12/2016 at 13:20

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That's quite likely, with Toyota the majority holder of both. Toyota has worked with both, and owns a significant portion of FHI.

d15b > Wobbles the Mind 05/12/2016 at 13:24

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Honda/Mazda would be AWESOME.

and 100 more > Wobbles the Mind 05/12/2016 at 13:28

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Before Mistubishi’s deflategate, I assumed Mazda and Nissan would make a great merger.

not for canada - australian in disguise > TheHondaBro 05/12/2016 at 13:32

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[FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES INTENSIFIES]

TheHondaBro > not for canada - australian in disguise 05/12/2016 at 14:23

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*forehead vein*

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Stapleface 05/12/2016 at 22:45

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I suspect they’ll both be absorbed by Toyota at some point. Both have a lot of financial and business ties to them already, it almost seems like it is just a matter of time.