The alliance, which also includes Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors Corp (7211.T), is “solid, robust, everything but dead,” the chairman of Renault, Jean-Philippe Senard, told Belgian newspaper L’Echo.
Nissan, in response to “speculative international media reports,” said it was “in no way considering dissolving the alliance.”
“The alliance is the source of Nissan’s competitiveness,” the Japanese automaker said in a statement. “Through the alliance, to achieve sustainable and profitable growth, Nissan will look to continue delivering win-win results for all member companies.”
Renault shares hit six-year lows on Monday as investors worried the French group’s 20-year cost-sharing alliance with Nissan was headed for a break-up without Carlos Ghosn to hold it together.
Long-standing tensions in the Franco-Japanese partnership have been heightened since Ghosn’s arrest in Tokyo in November 2018 on allegations of financial misconduct, which he denies.
A Financial Times report on Monday that Nissan executives are making contingency plans for a split with Renault appeared to accelerate a sell-off in the French manufacturer’s shares.
Nissan shares tumbled to their lowest in 8-1/2 years on Tuesday in Tokyo.
