According to relevant sources, Nissan Group announced that it will terminate the research and development cooperation with Mercedes-Benz's luxury cars. It is reported that this cooperation plan has been for 7 years, and once it is terminated, it will affect the profitability of the two companies' shared factories in Mexico.
As early as October 2016, Nissan announced that its luxury car brand Infiniti will no longer use the MFA2 platform built with Daimler. The source said that the main reason is that Infiniti's recent performance is not enough to bear the cost of using Mercedes-Benz technology.
According to relevant sources: "It is not possible for the two companies to reach a deal based on the MFA2 platform, and the goals set by Infiniti have been difficult to achieve."
It is reported that this move will also have a certain impact on the shared factory opened in Mexico this year. Previously, the two companies had planned to use the same architecture to produce compact cars to reduce production processes and costs.
In addition, the move will ultimately affect Nissan's £250 million investment in the UK, which uses Mercedes-Benz production tools.
The cooperation between Daimler and Nissan was established based on the goal of mutual benefit. When both parties did not disclose the plan for the MFA2 platform.
According to relevant sources, the decision was originally made earlier than Trump's election as the next president of the United States, so it is also considered to be irrelevant to Trump's punishment for Mexican cars.
Infiniti sold 16,000 vehicles in Europe in 2016, with a total of 230,000 vehicles sold in markets other than the United States. It accounts for less than 5% of Nissan's sales and only one-tenth of Mercedes-Benz sales.
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