If you’ve been keeping abreast with the car and motorcycle industries for some time now, you’d know that partnerships between manufacturers aren’t exactly rare. Sure, some of them are surprising, while others make perfect sense. Meanwhile, others just sort of fizzle out.
Big names like Yamaha and Toyota have been working together for decades, with a certain high-revving naturally aspirated V10 engined supercar being their unequivocal masterpiece. You could also argue that the alliance between KTM and CFMoto has brought forth some pretty cool middleweight bikes. Similarly, Harley-Davidson is working with India’s Hero MotoCorp to penetrate emerging markets.
And so, when rumors of a Nissan-Honda merger started making their rounds, it wasn't exactly shocking news—but it was definitely interesting.
