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Do or die - Nissan takes the axe to the house Ghosn built

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Nissan (7201.T) is planning aggressive cost cuts to deal with an unexpected slump in sales as the expansionist strategy it inherited from fugitive former Chairman Carlos Ghosn flounders, four people familiar with the plans said.

Japan's second biggest carmaker is set to eliminate at least 4,300 white-collar jobs and shut two manufacturing sites as part of broader plans to add at least 480 billion yen ($4.4 billion) to its bottom line by 2023, two of the people told Reuters.

The moves come on top of a turnaround plan unveiled in July and are likely to include cutting Nissan's range of cars and the array of product options and trims in each line, slashing jobs mostly at head offices in the United States and Europe, and reducing advertising and marketing budgets, they said.

"The situation is dire. It's do or die," a person close to Nissan's senior management and the company's board told Reuters.

Most of the planned cuts and measures to enhance efficiency were presented to Nissan's board in November and received its general blessing, two sources said.

I like BRAT.
The 1980 model is available in several of the Forza racing games.

酒気帯び後、無免許で官用車運転　防衛事務官を処分　コピー免許見破られ

酒気帯び運転で事故を起こして運転免許を取り消された後も官用車を運転していたなどとして、自衛隊熊本地方協力本部（地本）は21日付で、防衛事務官の男性（40代）を停職7カ月の懲戒処分にしたと発表した。部内の車両技能試験でカラーコピーで偽造した運転免許証を提示し、一連の行為が発覚した。

熊本地本によると、男性は沖縄地本に勤務していた2017年10月7日午後9時ごろ、沖縄県豊見城（とみぐすく）市内を酒を飲んで運転し、停車中の車に接触する物損事故を起こした。罰金刑を受けて運転免許を取り消されたが、その事実を職場に隠し、17年12月～18年9月に無免許で官用車を5回、計77キロ運転した。

　19年4月に熊本地本に異動。部内で義務づけられている車両技能試験を受けた際、カラーコピーで偽造した運転免許証を提示したが、検定官に見破られて無免許運転などが発覚した。警務隊が捜査し、道交法違反（無免許運転）と公文書偽造の容疑で書類送検された。

　男性は「事故の発覚を恐れて報告しなかった」と話し、依願退職する意向を示しているという。熊本地本は実年齢などについて「本人が特定される」として明らかにしていない。

FORD F-150 10-SPEED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS CAUSE LAWSUIT

JANUARY 19, 2020 — Ford F-150 10-speed transmission problems have caused a lawsuit which alleges truck occupants can suffer whiplash because of how hard and erratically the the transmissions shift.

The Ford F-150 10-speed transmission class action lawsuit includes any consumer in Pennsylvania who formerly or currently owns or leases a 2017-2020 Ford F-150 truck equipped with a 10R80 10-speed automatic transmission.

The Ford F-150 owner who sued says he purchased a 2018 F-150 SuperCab in September 2018 when the truck had 10 miles on the odometer. The plaintiff says by 6,000 miles the F-150 was making a loud clanking noise from the 10-speed transmission, causing rough shifting and shift times much too long.

The lawsuit alleges the transmission caused the F-150 to decelerate and created safety hazards while driving.

The truck was brought to a Ford dealer where technicians were allegedly told about the problems with the 10-speed transmission. The plaintiff says the truck should have been repaired under warranty, but technicians allegedly said there was no fix because all F-150 trucks with 10-speed transmissions made the same noise.

In addition, the plaintiff claims he was told the alleged slipping and jerking was normal for 10R80 transmissions.

The plaintiff claims Ford knew or should have known about the alleged transmission problems that cause hard shifting, jerking, lunging and hesitation between gears.

The class action makes reference to a 2019 Ford recall of about 1.5 million 2011-2013 F-150 trucks equipped with 6-speed automatic transmissions. The recall was issued because the trucks could suddenly downshift into first gear, a problem blamed on a loss of signal from the transmission output speed sensor to the powertrain control module.

According to the lawsuit, the 2017-2020 F-150s are infected with the same defects which Ford allegedly refuses to acknowledge.

The class action also alleges Ford issued at least two technical service bulletins (TSBs) concerning transmissions with harsh shifting. The TSBs said 2017-2018 F-150 trucks "may exhibit harsh/bumpy upshift, downshift and/or engagement concems."

According to the bulletins:

The trucks were "equipped with an adaptive transmission shift strategy which allows the vehicle's computer to learn the transmission's unique parameters and improve shift quality. When the adaptive strategy is reset, the computer will begin a re-learning process. This re-learning process may result in firmer than normal upshifts and downshifts for several days."

Dealerships were told to reprogram the powertrain control modules.

According to the lawsuit, Ford has not recalled the vehicles to repair the 10-speed transmissions and hasn't offered to reimburse owners and lessees who paid money for related transmission problems.

The plaintiff says Ford should pay damages to all affected customers and order a recall to repair the alleged 10-speed transmission defects.

The Ford F-150 10-speed transmission class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania: Orndorff, et al., v. Ford Motor Company.

The plaintiff is represented by Greg Coleman Law, the Carlson Law Firm, and Brent Coon & Associates.

Мишустин, Михаил Владимирович.
Prime Minister of Russia.
Former Director of the Federal Tax Service.He's technocrat.
My Grand dad was technocrat too.