The Renault-Nissan alliance is a strategic partnership between Paris-based Renault and Yokohama, Japan-based Nissan, which together sell one in 10 cars worldwide. The companies, which have been strategic partners since 1999, have 285,000 employees and five major brands: Renault, Nissan, Renault Samsung Motors, Dacia, Lada and Infiniti.
They sold 8.03 million cars in 2011, making the alliance the world’s third largest automotive group. Since its founding 13 years ago, the cross-cultural alliance has expanded significantly, particularly into emerging markets. The alliance is the auto industry’s leading champion of sustainable transportation and the only one to have mass-market, affordable zero-emission vehicles for mainstream consumers.