Well, don't by a Nissan then. The frogs own 44% of the company.
If the Yaris, when it arrives, is built in North America I will consider buying one.
And globalization ?
VALEO
Valeo is a french supplier to all major global automakers. To meet their demands, the Group develops, produces and sells its systems on all continents.
Its main OEM customers are:
BMW
DaimlerChrysler
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Honda
Hyundai
Mitsubishi
Porsche
PSA Peugeot Citroën
Renault – Nissan
Subaru
Toyota
Volkswagen Group
Volvo Trucks
FAURECIA
A global supplier
With 60,000 employees working at 160 sites in 28 countries and annual sales of €10.7 billion, Faurecia is a major name in the automotive industry.
As experts in the design, development, production and delivery of six major vehicle modules, namely seats, cockpits, acoustic packages, doors, front ends and exhaust systems, Faurecia adopted two years ago a common working method called the Faurecai Excellence System (FES). This continuous improvement system, based on best practices taken from within and outside the Group, creates value for customers, shareholders and employees alike.
In 2004, the Group's priority was to explain and deploy the Faurecia Excellence System throughout the organization. This initiative will continue untill all of Faurecia's businesses are covered, from initial concept to finished product. Faurecia works for all the major automakers.
In 2003, the breakdown of its turnover per customer was as follows:
PSA Peugeot Citroën 28,2%
VW group 23,4%
Renault (including Nissan) 15,5%
Ford 8,6%
General Motors 7,1%
DaimlerChrysler 6,4%
BMW 5,2%
Toyota 1,4%
Others 4,2%
And of course Michelin
MICHELIN
World Tire Number 1 with 20.1 % of the market (Tire Business 09/15/04).
Michelin relies on its global industrial presence backed by a sales network in some 170 countries. Michelin, World Number 1 Tire Manufacturer. In 2004, Europe represented 53% of sales, North America 33% and Asia, South America and the Middle-East/Africa Zone 14%.
Today automobiles really have no more nationality. It is the globalization and it is in the American spirit... Free business.
I know Nissan is French... They even smell like cheese....