Rick Wagoner, General Motors Chairman and CEO, spent yesterday meeting with the leaders of several Japanese automakers, including Toyota, Suzuki, and Isuzu.
Wagoner’s trip was reportedly to discuss “areas of mutual interest,” but as no further details were provided, that could mean everything from technology-sharing initiatives to safety standards to Britters and K-Fed’s divorce filing. There is speculation on the behalf of Japan’s Nihon Keizei newspaper that at least part of the discussions centered on a potential dissolving of GM’s diesel engine partnerships with Isuzu in both the U.S. and Poland.
This isn’t the first such visit among the automakers, but it comes at a particularly contentious time for General Motors. It will be interesting to see what fruits (if any) come as the result of Wagoner’s overseas visit.
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