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I am from somewhere overseas. But before you, Quora users, would leave an answer on this question, then I would remind to you the definitions of the following words/names that are mentioned on the question’s title, hence, a glossary.===The Volkswagen Group “is a German multinational automotive manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany and indirectly majority owned by the Austrian Porsche and Piëch families. It designs, manufactures and distributes passenger and commercial vehicles, motorcycles, engines, and turbomachinery and offers related services including financing, leasing and fleet management.” - source: Volkswagen Group - WikipediaIn addition to that, here are the explanations of VAG’s subsidiaries:Audi AG “is a German automobile manufacturer that designs, engineers, produces, markets and distributes luxury vehicles. Audi is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group and has its roots at Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. Audi-branded vehicles are produced in nine production facilities worldwide.”“The company name is based on the Latin translation of the surname of the founder, August Horch. "Horch", meaning "listen" in German, becomes "audi" in Latin. The four rings of the Audi logo each represent one of four car companies that banded together to create Audi's predecessor company, Auto Union. Audi's slogan is Vorsprung durch Technik, meaning "Being Ahead through Technology". Audi, along with fellow German marques BMW and Mercedes-Benz, is among the best-selling luxury automobile brands in the world.“ - source: Audi - WikipediaŠkoda Auto, “commonly called Škoda or Skoda, is a Czech automobile manufacturer founded in 1895 as Laurin & Klement and headquartered in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic.”“In 1925 Laurin & Klement was acquired by the industrial conglomerate Škoda Works, which itself became state owned in 1948. After 1991 it has been gradually privatized to the German Volkswagen Group, in 1994 became its subsidiary and in 2000 a wholly owned subsidiary.““Skoda automobiles are sold in over 100 countries and in 2018, total global sales reached 1.25 million units, an increase of 4.4% from the previous year. The operating profit was €1.6 billion in 2017, an increase of 34.6% over the previous year. As of 2017, Škoda's profit margin was the second highest of all Volkswagen AG brands after Porsche.”“The perception of Škoda in Western Europe has completely changed since the takeover by VW, in stark comparison with the reputation of the cars throughout the 1980s described by some as "the laughing stock" of the automotive world. As technical development progressed and attractive new models were marketed, Škoda's image was initially slow to improve. In the UK, a major turnabout was achieved with the ironic "It is a Škoda, honest" campaign, which began in 2000 when the Fabia launched. In a 2003 advertisement on British television, a new employee on the production line is fitting Škoda badges on the car bonnets. When some attractive looking cars come along he stands back, not fitting the badge, since they look so good they "cannot be Škodas". This market campaign worked by confronting Škoda's image problem head-on – a tactic which marketing professionals regarded as high risk. By 2005 Škoda was selling over 30,000 cars a year in the UK, a market share of over 1%. For the first time in its UK history, a waiting list developed for deliveries from Škoda. UK owners have consistently ranked the brand at or near the top of customer satisfaction surveys since the late 1990s.” - source: Škoda Auto - WikipediaAs for the case of Honda:“Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a production of 400 million by the end of 2019, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. Honda became the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer in 2001. Honda was the eighth largest automobile manufacturer in the world in 2015.““Honda was the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury brand, Acura, in 1986. Aside from their core automobile and motorcycle businesses, Honda also manufactures garden equipment, marine engines, personal watercraft and power generators, and other products. Since 1986, Honda has been involved with artificial intelligence/robotics research and released their ASIMO robot in 2000. They have also ventured into aerospace with the establishment of GE Honda Aero Engines in 2004 and the Honda HA-420 HondaJet, which began production in 2012. Honda has two joint-ventures in China: Dongfeng Honda and Guangqi Honda.“ - source: Honda - WikipediaStellantis is the name of an alliance that was the outcome of a merger between mass-market Groupe PSA, aka Peugeot SA, which also includes Citroën, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, whereas the Alfa Romeo and Chrysler nameplates on other hand, are luxury marques.Toyota, which is the eternal nemesis of both Hyundai-Kia Motors and its future slave Nissan, is the biggest Asian [Japanese] car manufacturing company. Especially with the majority of its sales are being located in Southeast Asia, a region in which neither Hyundai-Kia, Nissan, nor as well as, Stellantis - aka Peugeot - performs well. But also, Toyota’s expertise in zero emission, hence hybrid, powertrains, reliability/quality control, thus dominances in the Southeast Asian and South African markets are those things that Stellantis and its said brands could gain benefit from, as Citroen was known deeply for its example of innovations such as the hydropneumatic suspension.As for the case of the Philippines, a certain country that neither anyone from the Western world, particularly from the rest of Europe plus the Nordic countries and [Brexit] United Kingdom:“An archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are broadly categorized under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both within the single urban area of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Celebes Sea to the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the northeast, Palau to the east, Indonesia to the south, Malaysia and Brunei to the southwest, Vietnam to the west, and China to the northwest.““The Philippines' position as an island country on the Pacific Ring of Fire and close to the equator makes the country prone to earthquakes and typhoons. The country has a variety of natural resources and a globally significant level of biodiversity. The Philippines has an area of around 300,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi) with a population of around 109 million people. As of 2020, it is the 8th-most populated country in Asia and the 13th-most populated country in the world. Multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands.““Negritos, some of the archipelago's earliest inhabitants, were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples. The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer leading a fleet for Spain, marked the beginning of Spanish colonization. In 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain. Spanish settlement, beginning in 1565, led to the Philippines becoming part of the Spanish Empire for more than 300 years. During this time, Catholicism became the dominant religion, and Manila became the western hub of trans-Pacific trade. In 1896, the Philippine Revolution began, which then became entwined with the 1898 Spanish–American War. Spain ceded the territory to the United States, while Filipino rebels declared the First Philippine Republic. The ensuing Philippine–American War ended with the United States establishing control over the territory, which they maintained until the Japanese invasion of the islands during World War II. Following liberation, the Philippines became independent in 1946. Since then, the unitary sovereign state has often had a tumultuous experience with democracy, which included the overthrow of a dictatorship by the People Power Revolution.““The Philippines is a founding member of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and the East Asia Summit. The Philippines is considered to be an emerging market and a newly industrialized country, which has an economy transitioning from being based on agriculture to being based more on services and manufacturing.““Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos, during his expedition in 1542, named the islands of Leyte and Samar "Felipinas" after Philip II of Spain, then the Prince of Asturias. Eventually the name "Las Islas Filipinas" would be used to cover the archipelago's Spanish possessions. Before Spanish rule was established, other names such as Islas del Poniente (Islands of the West) and Magellan's name for the islands, San Lázaro, were also used by the Spanish to refer to islands in the region.““During the Philippine Revolution, the Malolos Congress proclaimed the establishment of the República Filipina or the Philippine Republic. From the period of the Spanish–American War (1898) and the Philippine–American War (1899–1902) until the Commonwealth period (1935–1946), American colonial authorities referred to the country as the Philippine Islands, a translation of the Spanish name. The full title of the Republic of the Philippines was included in the 1935 constitution as the name of the future independent state.“ - source: Philippines - Wikipedia“The economy of the Philippines is the world's 29th largest economy by nominal GDP according to the International Monetary Fund 2020 and the 13th largest economy in Asia. The Philippines is one of the emerging markets and the 3rd highest in Southeast Asia by GDP nominal after Thailand and Indonesia.““The Philippines is primarily considered a newly industrialized country, which has an economy in transition from one based on agriculture to one based more on services and manufacturing. As of 2021, GDP by purchasing power parity was estimated to be at $1.025 trillion.““Primary exports include semiconductors and electronic products, transport equipment, garments, copper products, petroleum products, coconut oil, and fruits. Major trading partners include Japan, China, the United States, Singapore, South Korea, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Germany, Taiwan and Thailand. The Philippines has been named as one of the Tiger Cub Economies together with Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Thailand. It is currently one of Asia's fastest growing economies. However, major problems remain, mainly having to do with alleviating the wide income and growth disparities between the country's different regions and socioeconomic classes, reducing corruption, and investing in the infrastructure necessary to ensure future growth.““The Philippine economy is projected to be the 5th largest in Asia and 16th biggest in the world by 2050. While this opposes other reports from HSBC Holdings PLC, that by the year 2050, the Philippines will have been stated in 2050 maybe due to its yearly higher GDP growth rate of 6.5% (Second, after China). However, the economic statistics may still vary depending on the performance of the government every year, which are consistently plagued by corruption.“ - source: Economy of the Philippines - Wikipedia===But despite this question is about Honda favouring itself to merge with VAG, Volkswagen AG’s acronym, in response to Toyota’s preference of taking over Stellantis, which is posing itself as a challenger to VW in the European market, therefore I copied and pasted the details coming from the link that is attached on this question, as seen below:===“Honda Motor closed its Philippine assembly plant because it was no longer strategic to keep a factory that makes too few cars as other car manufacturers warned the government against any future policy that could be seen as a punishment for auto companies that decided to stay.““Honda wants to focus its resources on future trends, such as producing electric vehicles, which, along with a slowdown in the global automotive market, prompted Honda headquarters to shutter some factories to make better use of its resources, the spokesperson of Honda’s local unit said.““And so, its plant in Sta. Rosa Laguna — along with over 380 factory workers — had become casualties of a global corporate strategy that essentially involved cutting dead weight to focus on where to go next.““Other factories would close down, too, although at least they would have more time to adjust to the news. For example, Honda is also ending its manufacturing operations in Turkey and the United Kingdom, but will do so in 2021 yet.““Here in the Philippines, factory workers will officially have only until March 25, or about a month after the closure announcement was made last Saturday (Feb. 22). Louie Soriano, spokesperson of Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. (HCPI) admitted that the manufacturer’s announcement was “abrupt.”“““Honda needs to close down the Philippine factory because of its low production volume. It’s not because of an issue on politics, or an issue on government policy, or on labor union. It’s none of that,” he said in a phone interview on Monday (Feb. 24).“““That’s the direction of Honda Motor so it could have an efficient utilization of its resources,” he added.““If a low production volume is the main reason for the closure, company figures would suggest that the Philippine unit had no chance of surviving the cost cutting measure, especially when compared to Honda’s soon-to-be closed factory in the UK.““In the UK, Honda has a capacity to make 250,000 cars annually, although this only reached 160,000 vehicles in 2018, according to media reports. This is a far cry from what the Philippine plant could make in Laguna — 15,000 units per year — and the actual number of units it produced last year — 8,000 units.““While it’s clear that the production volume is low, it’s not clear at this point why it was low to begin with. Soriano deferred from commenting, saying it was all because of “market demand.”““Although he said that the closure had nothing to do with sales, it is difficult to ignore the fact that Honda has seen its volume sales in the Philippines drop for at least two years in a row now.““This could be traced to the Duterte administration’s move to slap higher excise on new vehicles in 2018 under the TRAIN law, or the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act. This, coupled with high inflation rates that kept people from buying new cars, pulled Honda and the rest of the industry back from selling as many cars as they should.““Honda’s sales dropped 26.7 percent in 2018 to 23,294 units, and then fell further by nearly 13 percent to 20,338 units in 2019, industry data showed.““The Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc. (Campi), the country’s largest auto industry group, said the closure of a company that has for long been a strong advocate of local manufacturing was “unfortunate.”“““It highlights the importance of continued government support to local production of vehicles and parts and components,” said Campi, which counts among its members big players like Toyota and Mitsubishi. Honda is also a member of the group.“““At this critical stage, Philippine government must seriously study any initiatives that will disincentivize domestic auto assembly operation as this will further endanger employment and existing investments, among others,” the group said.““Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez met with HCPI President Noriyuki Takakura on Monday to look for “alternative options.” Lopez, however, told reporters after the meeting that the Honda head office had already made up its mind to close the Philippine assembly plant.““Honda’s exit in March caps nearly 30 years of production in the Philippines, which churned out some of Honda’s most famous units, BR-V and City. Soriano said he is still not sure what to do with the factory after, although Lopez said that there are auto companies that are interested in taking over.““Nevertheless, its departure will leave the industry in an even more uncomfortable situation, as the Department of Trade and Industry considers further taxing imported vehicles through a safeguard duty. Lopez sees the possible safeguard duty as a form of protection for local assemblers, although local assemblers might not share the same opinion since a duty would make their imports more expensive.“““Of course, they expressed apprehension [on the possibility] of having a safeguard duty. That’s really more of an advantage for the local assembler if you have a safeguard duty because imports would be [further taxed], Lopez said after the meeting.“““Maybe the [Honda] headquarters can consider that in the future,” he added.““However, when asked if it was still possible for the Honda plant to return, Soriano said this was out of the local unit’s hands.“““I don’t know because this is the decision of Honda Motor. We don’t know,” he said.“ - source: Honda PH assembly plant closure: Too few cars - Inquirer Business===So, if Honda would relearn that kind of statement by merging itself with the Volkswagen Group in order to establish a beachhead/ foothold for Skoda in the Philippine market, well unless if you start confusing the Philippine flag as the banner of Czechia aka Czech Republic just like how you do with both Polish and Indonesian flags, then it would even help benefit VW’s Czech unit from access to Honda’s operations in both Philippines and around Southeast Asia such as Indonesia, Vietnam, and even Thailand.Especially, as a matter of fact, Skoda is also but already present in China and India, as the latter is one of the first countries in Asia to set up a beachhead [for Skoda] there.See also: List of Honda facilities - WikipediaBut also, for Honda’s case, merging [Honda] with Volkswagen might also lead to the termination of the CR-V manufacturer’s current tie-up with General Motors, which is no longer active in Europe since its operations there were already sold to Peugeot in 2017. But however, Honda’s deal with the latter [GM] is deeply relegated for North America, a market in which Skoda is neither present.So therefore, Honda’s merger with the European [hence German] car manufacturing giant [VW/VAG] would be profoundly restricted to some places in which, particularly, Skoda is neither present than Honda, [except for the USA and Canada] such as the Philippines, Indonesia, and as well as, South Africa.===See also: I think Ayala’s car distributor should bring Skoda to PH - VISOR PH- “Speaking of pricing, one automaker comes to mind: Skoda. This Volkswagen Group brand based in the Czech Republic has a reputation for producing solid and reliable cars based on its parent company’s platforms. The vehicles are technically Volkswagens, but what’s interesting is that Skoda can offer its products at a generally lower price point than its German cousins. That makes them quite popular in Europe. In addition, my Skoda sightings in Singapore, Taiwan and China suggest that the brand has a solid following in those countries.“ -- “And that got me thinking: Would it have been a wiser choice for Ayala to let Volkswagen keep its legacy product line and bring in Skoda instead? After all, SAIC Motor (where cars like the Santana are sourced from) also produces Skoda vehicles for the Chinese market. And in a lot of countries, Skoda vehicles are typically less expensive than their VW counterparts so the former has the potential to be an even better deal for budget-conscious customers.“ –- “Of course, there is a risk of bringing in a largely unknown brand to the Philippines. Historically, Skoda has been associated with austere family cars popular throughout Warsaw Pact countries like the former Czechoslovakia. But as the manufacturer is currently under the Volkswagen Group umbrella, it has transitioned from an assembler of cheap Communist cars to a marque known for its reliability and value for money.“ -- “And this is where Skoda can complement a Volkswagen lineup full of its legacy products. With Polo, Jetta and Tiguan sales catering to the premium market, a Skoda stable consisting of the Rapid, the Octavia and the Karoq could potentially target more budget-conscious customers. And as these three Czech vehicles are already being built in the People’s Republic of China, they should enjoy favorable import duties thanks to the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreements.“ –- “The win-win situation here is that Volkswagen can keep selling upmarket products while Skoda can duke it out with mainstream brands in the country. The premium brand image of VW is retained, instead of importing cheaper cars just to compete with veteran Japanese and Korean rivals. Meanwhile, buyers will probably be more accepting of the Czech newcomer that just happens to source its less expensive product line from China.“ - source: I think Ayala’s car distributor should bring Skoda to PH - VISOR PH===Definitely if Honda would do that [merging with VW just to construct a base for Skoda in the Philippine market], then Acura, which is neither present in Europe and even Oceania like Australia and New Zealand, would rather go out of business as a result of Volkswagen’s hypothetical acquisition of the [said] CR-V maker. Thus, key yet significant Honda cars such as the [Honda] Fit aka [Honda] Jazz and [Honda] Civic, as with the exterior design of the latter model’s Mk1 variant being similar to the appearance of the first generation [Volkswagen] Golf, would have all of their mechanical parts and platforms being switched from the original, developed by the car manufacturing department of Honda, to the ones used in every VW/VAG brand such as Audi, Skoda, and as well as Spain’s SEAT.But however, as a result of merging with the Volkswagen Group, Honda’s automotive unit would rather withdraw from the European and British markets in regards of keeping VAG and its subsidiaries, all of them are European, to do their lead in the so-called “old continent”.===See also: Volkswagen Group MQB platform - Wikipedia and The Swindon factory closure: how Honda got Europe so wrong – Autocar, UK===Surprisingly, the Czechs had a handful of things they invented in the past apart from Skoda, for example was the small town of Jáchymov aka Sankt Joachimsthal or Joachimsthal in German, in which the word “dollar” was originated.===See also:Category:Czech inventions - WikipediaCategory:Czech words and phrases - WikipediaRobot, origin of the term 'robot' - Wikipedia===And also, one priority for expecting Honda to merge with VAG just to build a presence for Skoda in some deeply uncharted place like the Philippines and its respective region of Southeast Asia, especially now with Bugatti already sold to Rimac; encourage/wish Volkswagen to purchase the former Honda Cars Philippines manufacturing facility located in Laguna just to expand Skoda’s presence in the Philippine, and as well as, other Southeast Asian countries’ markets, e.g. Vietnam, Thailand. Or in a single case, VW/Skoda might share the same assembly line with Honda in both Thailand and Indonesia, in Karawang.Recently, in a similar fashion, Nissan just shut down one of its last assembly plants in the Philippines, perhaps this is one problem for the formerly-named Datsun to [secretly] merge and share platforms and forms of mechanical engineering with the Hyundai-Kia vehicle manufacturing group. Especially, at the same time when the latter might either take over Mercedes-Benz, Ford, Aston Martin, Malaysia’s Proton Holdings from [PR] China’s Geely Automobile Holdings, Bentley from VAG’s umbrella, or Harley-Davidson, even if the latter neither makes four-wheeled vehicles like Kawasaki Heavy Industries, a company which Nissan should rather take over.===See also: Nissan to close Laguna plant; DTI renews push for safeguards – The Manila Times===Now, for the hypothetical scenario of Stellantis merging with Toyota:So, if Toyota would initiate itself to purchase the merger in which it contains Peugeot, Citroen, Fiat, and other marques, then Toyota would rather benefit itself from access to the utilisation of the platforms that Peugeot commissions thus uses it for its vehicles. As which is also shared by not only Citroen, but also in later times, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, and Chrysler.Also, that is a reason why Toyota should make use of its bloated revenues by taking over Stellantis, in which it includes Peugeot, Citroen, Fiat, and as well as Alfa Romeo, just to gain benefit from the bodyshells coming from the blueprints of Citroen’s past and present cars, instead of spending it for developing newer generations of its existing models such as the [Toyota] C-HR and [Toyota] Camry, etc.But, Toyota would also learn such lessons from Sony’s 1989 acquisition of Columbia Pictures, as it is a concept reflecting the relationship of a Western company being owned by an East Asian company, see also: Genda Nicolai Yturzaeta Iwakawa's answer to If Toyota would sell its shares in Mazda, Subaru, and Suzuki in exchange for the Yaris maker to take over Stellantis, in which it has Peugeot, Citroen, and Fiat. Then, why shouldn't Toyota learn lessons from Sony's 1989 purchase of Columbia Pictures? - Quora.As with the western corporation is from the USA or Europe, hence Columbia Pictures and Chrysler are from stateside while Peugeot and the rest of Stellantis are from Europe. And as well as, the East Asian “concern” is from Japan or South Korea, with Toyota and Sony are coming from the Land of the Rising Sun.While the love affair between Columbia Pictures and Sony, which gave birth to Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1991, has been forever. A hypothetical scenario of Toyota outbidding the French government and China’s Dongfeng Motor Corporation as a new shareholder, and later, owner of Stellantis would emulate the lessons that Sony learned from its takeover of the US-based entertainment company in 1989.Therefore as a result of that, a Toyota-Stellantis partnership would be the automotive industry’s equivalent to the Sony-Columbia Pictures alliance, especially it would even help Toyota to put Lexus, Hino Motors, and even Daihatsu, as with the latter are no longer selling cars in Europe and Britain, into demise like Chrysler Europe in 1978.Thus, Toyota would revive Chrysler and replace its three subsidiaries with the American car company [Chrysler] as alternatives, with Chrysler taking the place of Lexus, and somewhat, Jeep would take Hino Motors’ place unless if Dodge and Ram are already reorganised into Jeep itself.For sure, the Jeep name would be a fit for light commercial vehicles that would end up being based on family cars of all sizes, but its presence in the British market is deeply poor.But, prior to that, Toyota would sell off the shares they own in Mazda, Subaru, and Suzuki to the latter themselves, and thus, Toyota would end up outbidding the government of France and Dongfeng of China as Stellantis’ owner/biggest investors. Mazda, Subaru, and Suzuki are neither possessing the same kind of fame compared to Peugeot, Citroen, and Fiat, especially with Suzuki no longer selling cars in the USA and Canada since 2012 and 2013.Surprisingly, Toyota’s US and Canadian operations trademarked and used the Solara name, as the “Toyota Camry Solara”, that was previously used in the saloon variant of the Simca 1307 aka Chrysler Alpine, dubbed as the “Talbot Solara”. Peugeot/Stellantis owns the rights of the Solara name exclusively to Europe/UK, since Groupe PSA took over and killed off Chrysler Europe in 1978.Similarily, the Humber Sceptre had its name being reused by Peugeot, in 1990, for SRi variations of the 205, 405 and 605. Whereas a year later, the “Sceptre” name was also reused by Toyota, but it was instead called as the “Toyota Scepter”, as “this was due to the Camry name being adopted by a smaller version of the same car in Japan”.Especially since Japan is neither get a use to learn British English, hence due to its [Japan’s] geographical proximity with the USA hence Hawaii, they would rather learn American English instead.Since “scepter” is from the Americans, then “sceptre” is from the Britons, Irish, Australians, and Kiwis, but also in addition, Japan and [even] South Korea are still considered deeply as strategic and trading allies/pawns of the United States of America, which is why it deeply examines that Toyota, Hyundai-Kia, and Nissan are deeply strong in the US market.Also, Toyota even uses, plus trademarks, the “Corsa” name that was used in hatchback variants of the [Toyota] Tercel from 1978 to 1999, but despite this method was exclusive to the Japanese domestic market (JDM), therefore Toyota was one of the first to register the “Corsa” nameplate before Opel in 1982.Furthermore, if Toyota have already taken over Stellantis, then Lancia and Maserati would just fold themselves, hence go bankrupt, together with Opel and Vauxhall Motors instead. But, this might even help Ferrari SpA to get integrated into Stellantis again, especially if the prancing horse label would benefit from access to Toyota’s expertise in hybrid technologies and making civilian cars inspired by off-road driving that was seen in the [Toyota] RAV4 in 1994.While DS Automobiles on other hand, would also put itself into demise, and thus, reorganise into Citroën in exchange for the [Citroën] C3 manufacturer to relive itself as a luxury marque whose cars are powered by engineering from Toyota, and not Peugeot, just like VW did to Skoda and SEAT…However, if Toyota would utilise half of its cars by swapping it with the platforms, which is aligned with the bodyshells, coming from the blueprints of Groupe PSA’s past and present vehicles, then instead, Toyota too would keep the mechanical parts, mainly powertrains, coming from its lineup’s models remained stuffed within the Stellantis/PSA Peugeot Citroen-derived platforms. Just like how SEAT did with the [SEAT] Ibiza Mk1, as the latter model was considered for having the blend of “Italian styling and German engineering”, which means for example, the [Toyota] Yaris would possess the combination of European designing and thus [East] Asian, hence Japanese, engineering.Especially, Toyota would rather adopt Citroen’s policy of keeping its cars front-engine, front-wheel-drive. As Citroen was one of those earliest companies that pioneered the need to develop and keep every four-wheeled vehicles FF, as this was first seen in the [Citroën] Traction Avant from 1937 to 1956.That means, for example, Toyota would delete the [Toyota] Supra - which is FR - at the same time they would also kill off Lexus by replacing it with Chrysler. Whose higher-spec cars, mainly in the 1980s to circa 2010s, such as the LeBaron, Dodge Daytona aka “Chrysler GS” in Europe, Dodge Stratus aka Chrysler Stratus in Europe, Eagle Vision aka Chrysler Vision in Europe, Chrysler 300M, and the Chrysler Pacifica crossover are all front-wheel drive by default.That means, Toyota would lose to the Hyundai Motor Group if they [Toyota] adopt Citroen’s policy, which was later adopted by Peugeot after its 1974 takeover, of keeping itself reliant on making cars that are only in FF layout.Also, in addition to that, Stellantis, would benefit itself from access to the Southeast Asian market, particulary in the Philippines, where as having mentioned earlier that Toyota is deeply strong there, as well as in the Middle East, South Africa, Oceania, and other places. While Chrysler is strong in Mexico, therefore it would be a beneficiary for either Toyota, Peugeot, or Citroen to do it.As for Mazda, Subaru, and Suzuki, only the latter two would just go bankrupt by merging and reorganising themselves into Nissan’s orbit, at the same time when they are [Nissan] already merged and sharing engineering with the Hyundai-Kia automotive group in secret.And also in addition to that, Mazda would just become a replacement for Infiniti as with the former now planning to go more upmarket, especially with the [Mazda] MX-5 manufacturer’s deeply tough market presence in Australia might be useful for Nissan to benefit from it. Since the [Nissan] Qashqai maker’s performance in the Australian market lags behind Hyundai-Kia combined and Mazda, as the latter was deeply known for supplying its engineering to Kia before it integrated into the [Hyundai] Tucson builder’s umbrella circa 1998...- Genda Nicolai Yturzaeta Iwakawa/awakawI ateazrutY ialociN adneGSee also, plus with images to reflect this question and its answer/remark I submitted:Genda Nicolai Yturzaeta Iwakawa's answer to Which is better, the 2021 Hyundai Elantra or the 2021 Honda Civic? - QuoraGenda Nicolai Yturzaeta Iwakawa's answer to Which one of these two is a better buy, Honda Amaze CVT and Tata Tiago AMT? - QuoraThe Swindon factory closure: how Honda got Europe so wrong - Autocar, UK - “Employing European designers has brought coherence to the Korean brands’ range – something they didn’t possess when Honda was outselling them 10 to one nearly 30 years ago. “Honda hasn’t appointed an overseas design boss,” says Harrow. “I think that shows a lack of value in design at the top level.”““Wrong place, wrong time”: the five reasons why Honda is shutting Swindon - Autocar, UKIndia is fastest growing market for Hyundai globally, Auto News, ET Auto - indiatimes.comAre the designs of Toyota's cars considered as bland and uglier than Stellantis' vehicles? Therefore, why don't the mediocre Prius maker take over the transatlantic merger by gaining benefit from the bodyshells of those coming from Citroen's models?Hence the link, what do car enthusiasts think of Hyundai's ongoing and uncertain deal with Apple? Do they think that it would harm other marques since they also use the iPad maker's products? Perhaps, why shouldn't Hyundai too take over Nissan alone?If the Hyundai Motor Group would acquire and treat Nissan alone like Lancia, which is popular in Italy. Then as a response, why shouldn't Toyota take over Stellantis/Peugeot until its cars would share mechanical parts with mediocre yet bland Toyotas?Genda Nicolai Yturzaeta Iwakawa's answer to Would you recommend a Kia Forte or a Toyota Corolla to a first-time car buyer?Lions to dragons: Chinese cars surge as no Holdens sold - Practical Motoring, Australia- “Although an indication of a quickly changing mindset in Australia (remember when Holden and Ford dominated the sales charts?) on Chinese cars since the days of early Chery models and the first-generation Great Wall Motors utes, this chart isn’t an exact indicator of brand loyalty, with vehicles from Thailand the second biggest selling COO behind Japan, though many of those vehicles such as Toyota Hilux and Isuzu D-Max are Japanese brands. Also keep in mind some German brand cars are built in other countries.” -- “At a brand level, the Chinese brands MG, GWM Haval, and LDV saw a tremendous increase month on month, MG up a whopping 160 per cent, GWM Haval 135 per cent and LDV 100 per cent. GWM Haval could see another big month with sales of the new Ute (GWM Ute) finding traction.” -Škoda Karoq, probably a basis for the mediocre Honda CR-V.Škoda Kamiq, a basis for the [Honda] HR-V.Škoda Fabia, a basis for the [Honda] Jazz aka [Honda] Fit.Peugeot 208, its platform, which is also shared with the [Peugeot] 2008 crossover, might be used as a basis for the next-generation Fiat Punto, and especially unless if Stellantis integrates into Toyota’s umbrella, the Yaris and its “Cross” variant…