The Renault-Nissan Alliance is a strategic partnership between Paris-based Renault and Yokohama, Japan-based Nissan, which together sell one in 10 cars worldwide. The companies, which have been strategic partners since 1999, sold 8.1 million cars in nearly 200 countries in 2012. The Alliance also operates strategic collaborations with automakers including Germany's Daimler, China's Dong Feng, and India's Ashok Leyland and recently took a majority stake in Russia's top automaker, AVTOVAZ.