The Honda-Nissan on-again, off-again, on-again merger is the international automotive saga that keeps on giving. Now there's another twist.

Talks with Honda apparently fell through in part because Honda felt like they were getting a raw deal from Nissan President Makoto Uchida, who didn't want Nissan to become a subsidiary of Honda.

The Japanese group behind the plans for Tesla to invest in Nissan hopes the Elon Musk-led company will become a strategic ...