Carlos Ghosn, also chief executive at Renault, calls the global auto
alliance the only one that worked, adding key conditions are essential for any
change.

Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn says there's no rush to expand an auto alliance
beyond France's Renault, but Japan's No. 3 is still interested.

Ghosn, also chief executive at Renault, calls the global auto alliance the
only one that worked, adding key conditions are essential for any change.

 CARLOS GHOSN, CEO, NISSAN
"There are two conditions for the expansion of the alliance: First it
has to be friendly. I don't believe you can do anything like this that could
be neutral or unfriendly and second the synergies on the table have to be
massive."

With U.S. automakers seeing billions in losses and declining market share,
talk of Nissan-Renault ties to Detroit's Big 3 has emerged over the last few
years, and the CEO believes an alliance with North America makes sense.

Nothing substantive has followed beyond OEM manufacturing deals, but Ghosn
says if the right conditions emerge, the alliance partners may act.

CARLOS GHOSN, CEO, NISSAN
"We're not in a hurry, we're not anxious about it. We are pragmatic
and opportunistic enough to say if the opportunity comes, we know how to make
it work."

Nissan and most Japanese carmakers are forecasting sizable profit falls
this year, hit by rising raw materials costs, the yen's appreciation against
the dollar, and a weaker U.S. economy.

Dan Sloan.