The reports suggested that the carmaker was stopping direct distribution to 30 countries, mainly in eastern European markets, but also in parts of western Europe such as the Netherlands.

A spokesperson for Nissan Europe told Automotive Logistics that reports the Japanese carmaker was handing distribution and production of vehicles to Renault in any markets were not true.

However, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance has spent the last decade deepening ties across engineering, manufacturing and supply chain management, purchasing and human resources. Those synergies have been delivering significant savings for the Alliance and Nissan will continue to work with its Renault and Mitsubishi “to identify synergies in products and technologies where they make sense,” said the spokesperson. One example is in the production of light commercial vehicles (LCVs).