Daimler and Renault-Nissan alliance collaborate to manufacture pickup trucks

The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG will expand their five-year strategic cooperation into the pickup truck segment.

Together, Nissan and Daimler will develop a 1-ton pickup truck for Mercedes-Benz, who recently announced its entry into this segment. The Mercedes-Benz pickup will share some of the architecture with the all-new Nissan NP300 but it will be engineered and designed by Daimler to meet the specific needs of its customers.

The vehicle will have all of Mercedes Benz' distinctive characteristics and features and will be targeted both at personal-use and commercial customers.

Said Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, "entering the rapidly growing segment of midsize pickups is an important step in continuing our global growth path."

Nissan is the world's second-biggest 1-ton pickup truck maker and has been building and selling 1-ton pickups for more than 80 years.

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