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Chrysler meets Dodge, meets Jeep, meets Fiat.

Now there's a movement on Nissan joining Honda.

I'm David Brancaccio.

There are talks in Japan to possibly set up an alliance or even under one scenario an outright merger between Honda and Nissan Motors.

This would help both companies, but Nissan especially deal with rising competition from China.

Marketplace is Nova Safos following the story.

Japanese automakers were the new kids in town in In the 1970s, when a focus on fuel efficiency

and a gas crisis prompted many Americans to trade in U.S. made gas guzzlers for Japanese-made

gas sippers. Now there's a global shift toward electrification, and Chinese car companies,

flush with government subsidies, are flooding markets with affordable

EVs. Nissan and Honda, like other established players, are already cooperating on things like

EV batteries and autonomous driving development, but Nissan has been floundering ever since the

arrest of former chief executive Carlos Gown on financial misconduct charges. The company is cutting jobs and reducing production.

Foxcon, yes, the one that makes Apple's iPhones, reportedly approached Nissan about taking a controlling stake.

And the Japanese news outlet Niki says that sparked merger talks with Honda.

The two automakers confirmed their talking about various

possibilities for collaboration. I'm Novosophu for Marketplace. For the ninth trading day in a row,

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