I saved Nissan, You’re welcome.

A few months ago we came out with an episode that was halfway between a love letter and an intervention. We detail how, from our perspective, Nissan is ruining its business as a company and how many of its problems were linked to the decisions of Carlos, the ex. -CEO accused of underreporting salary at Nissan Five Millions a man who smuggled out of Japan to escape prosecution despite his claims that Nissan set him up with rumors about the launch of the new 400 Z this year, it's clear that Nissan is trying to change things they heard us we just

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Nissan and it was Carlos Cohn asked so many questions all we want is a great car again Mario Andretti Jeff Gordon young Sheldon what do these people have in common?

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I know I have nothing to do with a billion dollar multinational company, but I would really like to believe that Nissan listens to its fans and that you and I were fans at heart, so when new rumors emerged about their new company, the called 400 Z, I was happy to hear that they are taking steps to revitalize their brand. Although I'm not sure what to think about Carlos leaving. He is a slippery guy who was arrested in November 2018 earlier this year. Cohn evaded Japanese authorities by smuggling a shipping container of audio equipment and fled to his home country of Lebanon.

Cohn recently issued a statement criticizing Nissan and the Japanese judicial system. a system in which 99.9 percent of defendants are convicted, but cited in part because prosecutors only investigate cases when they are extremely confident that the suspect will be proven guilty, which does not bode well for Carl in an interview was quick to point out how Nissan supposedly set him up and how much the company is failing without him, which is to his credit, we kind of said it. Alex showed that footage in the spring of 2019. Nissan lost ninety-five percent of net income and ninety-nine percent of its operating profits.

Nissan is basically in the exact same position they were in before Carlos went and took over with Nissan and Gun throwing wild accusations at each other. There's a lot of conflicting information out there, so for this video we'll look at why Carlos Khan thinks the system is rigged against him why the shareholders are putting a thirteen million dollar bounty on his head and if you stick around you'll hear what we know about the new Nissan 400 G that is supposedly coming out this year is a rumor but first let's take a look at what Nissan and the new CEO are doing to restore faith in fans and navigate this storm of bad press in the wake of Carlos de's decision. go and stay alone.

Asan hired a new interim CEO who trashed Sakawa to clean things up, but was ousted by the board last September over failed sales and a dispute over his salary shortly after they hired Cheetah Makoto, who promised to turn things around to Nissan, but things didn't work out and shareholders began to get fed up with plummeting profits. the only ones who are disappointed with Fujita when he traveled to the US. headquarters in Nashville in January, Uchida was verbally harassed, opening the meeting by saying, "I want to hear all the negatives. I'm here to listen, don't hold anything back, and I guess they took it seriously because they fooled you, cheetah." an hour and a half from Nissan dealers, who said the company needed to work hard to fight its bargain brand reputation quotes supports to be honest some of the biggest complaints dealers had were regarding better marketing almost non-existent profitability collapsing residual value and faster product updates, huh, that all sounds like stuff we covered in our last episode, we nailed it frankly, it's only a matter of time before your cheetah quits or is forced to leave, it even came out and said that if profits do not rebound.

Again, he's fine with being fired, no matter who is in charge after he leaves, although Nissan needs a new leader with vision, not just a scapegoat when Carlos Gunn was in charge, the company expanded production around the world , but as demand for Nissan cars continues. Nissan has announced that it is cutting an additional 4,300 white-collar jobs and is considering closing two of its factories. Additionally, Nissan is cutting 10% of its product line, going from 69 full-size models to 62, which could help them. keep your head above water for a while, but bigger changes need to happen or else Nissan is done for, so that makes me wonder how Carlos did that. 20 years ago we would never have gotten the 350z or the new r35 without the cuts.

He was made, but despite saving the company, he was seen as a villain. I mean, look at this guy's face. Many smaller parts companies had crossed Holdings with Nissan, but as soon as Carlos took control, he disintegrated those alliances. Frankly, he made sense from a business perspective. but in the eyes of the Japanese it seemed like a slap in the face from an out-of-touch foreigner. Gradually Nissan's vol cars began to dilute the brand a bit, they stopped making enthusiast cars and quality went downhill while hate for going might have diminished as profits recovered people began to turn against him as soon as things weren't going so well and that's one of the reasons he thinks he was tricked, which is why days before our Nissan video came out, he ducked into a small secluded spot. box made for audio equipment that was loaded onto a private jet by contract workers, including the son of an American Green Beret, who fled to his home country, Lebanon, to seek asylum.

That's not something he would have predicted now that there are rest orders for everyone. Jeez involved, I mean all I wanted was an S 16, but this sequel to The Bourne Identity is great too, my desk can't wait to read this book, yes I read books. I'm also reading The Outsider by Stephen King right now. like a biography of Bruce McLaren which will be helpful on our pass gas podcast if you haven't heard or seen pass gas it's our podcast check it out we have a second channel for the donut podcast you can find it right there or listen to it. on Spotify or you know a podcast anywhere else you get your podcast, pass gas.

I know it's crazy that only happens in movies. He reportedly arrived there in a musical instrument case. I'm not making this up, but it happened and Carlos Cohen has been safe in Lebanon since late December, the Lebanese government even came out and said they would not comply with Japanese authorities to extradite, return to Japan to face prosecution. He was in Japan and was under the control of the prosecutor. Now I am free. I can't defend myself. Nissan shareholders are also very angry and propose a reward of 13 million dollars in exchange for Carlos' return. 13 million How much does a ticket to Lebanon cost?

I'm going to go, I probably have guards. I want I'll be a thug I'm not going to try to catch Carlos Galán I'm going to become a thug what are we going to do boss and can he tell me how cool the French accent is? I'm Mourning Thirteen million may seem like a lot for an award, but it's a paltry sum compared to the ninety million dollars in damages that have been sued and the estimated $318 million in Nissan claims that have cost the company. company despite all this, although Nissan is doing everything it can to overcome it and focus on revitalizing its brand in the most You ask, we've all heard the rumors, so what can we realistically expect with this new 400 Z?

It's time to enter the speculation zone. For years there has been talk about what Nissan will do with its next generation Z and although the details are murky there. There are a few key things that have been corroborated: The 400 Z name is just a rumor. Nissan hasn't officially come out saying it will be called again, but it would make sense given the previous Z numbering, you know, 240 300 350 371 um, it usually follows the burrs. engine displacement is 3.5 liters, 3.7 liters, the 400 G apparently will not have a 4 liter engine. Some sources have speculated that it will have a 3-liter turbo V6 similar to the engine in the Infiniti q60, which makes around 400 horsepower, so the 400 in the name makes sense, but the turbo V6 is not the only engine they would offer. ;

There could be a basic four-cylinder version and even a hybrid version, who knows that Nissan has apparently partnered with Mercedes to develop their car heavily. Just as BMW helped Toyota develop a new Supra, it's entirely possible that the AMG 2-liter turbocharged inline-4 will be the four-cylinder option. Wait and see, of course, the top-end engine for the 400 Z. maybe it would come as part of the Nismo package and could increase the horsepower to 475, just shy of the 485 the GTR makes, that's the kind of option of high-end performance we've all been waiting for, thanks for listening, Nissan, that.

It sounds incredible if that's real, it's speculation, after all, all that excitement could be short lived, the price of the new Z will probably be more towards the new Super territory and further from the price that Zs have traditionally had in the Z cars started out as an affordable sports car for everyone, but as the price approaches that of a GTR, that kind of failure doesn't defeat the purpose. Without a doubt, there is a huge gap between Nissan's boring models that dot our roads and its high-performance models, and that is alienating Nissan. die-hard fans, so I hope the new Z is affordable while we're talking about the new super.

Why doesn't Nissan take a page from Toyota's book? We've all heard of the GR Supra, but did you know about the GR Yaris? The Gazoo Racing version of this little hot hatch is one of the coolest new cars. I'm really excited about it and it shows that manufacturers can make a car for an era of infinite volume cars, which sounds like a lot of fun. My point is Nissan could totally redeem itself by making any equivalent of the gr Yaris the Versa at this point. I would probably never run it, but imagine if they came out with an easy move that had like a 6 speed manual like 250 horsepower, maybe it would still be front end. all-wheel drive to keep costs down, that seems realistic and was just something you could use and have a ton of fun in that type of car.

I would like to totally bring back the spirit of the b13, the Sentra se-r, because that's what Nissan used to be about, like they had a fun car at every price level and that's not true anymore. In conclusion, I am very optimistic for Nissan, they are listening to both their fans and the people who actually sell them. trying to right the ship keep it up

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here in the wheelhouse we're saving one car company at a time that's a very bold thing to say Nolan I mean I can't imagine a world with that Nissan I tried it once and I My head hurt a lot thanks for watching, be nice, see you next photosynthesis