On perhaps a very introductory level summary, it appears Nissan was in talks with Honda about the prospects for a merger, then Honda may have wanted Nissan to be a subsidiary, from there, talks started to stall. Prospective names for the holding company may have had some issues. Mitsubishi was at the merger table. There are news stories stating merger talks may have even terminated. Whereat there are stories going around saying some kind of collective interface between the two automakers migh...