Nissan's new chief executive, Makoto Uchida, believes now is the time to reassess its corporate partnership with Renault. In case this is the first automotive-related article you've read this year, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance is sickly. Bizarre financial scandals involving the group's former chairman Carlos Ghosn ( and others ), internal power struggles, serious money troubles — the situation is rife with headaches. But Uchida says the only way to cope is to publicly recognize the elephant in the room and see what can be done.