Carlos Ghosn's exit exposes France in showdown with Nissan-Renault alliance

Nissan-Renault alliance strained with Ghosn still in jail

Renault SA’s biggest and oldest factory, where 2,700 workers and 900 robots toil in tandem to churn out a steady stream of compact cars. More than half of the vehicles rolling off the line, however, don’t carry the Renault diamond badge.

Instead, the factory’s most important car is the Nissan Micra, of which Flins produced 94,000 last year. The site’s shift towards the Japanese model is emblematic of Nissan Motor Co.’s heft in an alliance it’s nevertheless failed to dominate since its inception almost two decades ago. Even French President Emmanuel Macron has been drawn into photo ops with management