Nissan denies reported plans to split with Renault

Frames of various car models make their way down the flex line at Nissan Motor Co's automobile manufacturing plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, United States. Nissan is "in no way" planning to end its partnership with Renault, the Japanese auto giant insisted on Tuesday (Jan 14). - Reuters

TOKYO: Nissan is "in no way" planning to end its partnership with Renault, the Japanese auto giant insisted on Tuesday (Jan 14) after a report suggested a divorce was possible in the wake of the Carlos Ghosn scandal.

Britain's Financial Times, citing "several people with knowledge of the matter", said on Monday that senior executives at the scandal-hit firm were speeding up work on secret plans for a potential parting of ways with France's Renault.