Led by Carlos Ghosn himself, Renault-Nissan was one of the first and is one of the best examples of how good alliances work in the 21st century Motown. Signed in 1999, the alliance has over 4.5 lakh employees, controls nine major brands including Datsun and Mitsubishi, and makes the world's largest-selling plug-in vehicle Leaf. The strategic partnership is not a merger or acquisition but the two companies have cross-holdings in each other and share resources. India has been an important playground for the alliance where they share a manufacturing plant with 480,000 unit capacity that is equally split between the two. The two also have a shared R&Dfacility called