doesn't have a significant market share outside north america, them extending a partnership because arthur moranvaro mayo and fiat haven't helped them. ———— alfa romeo. and renault has been in a big alliance with nissan and mitsubishi that might give it leveraged in negotiating with those partners. it really could be a marriage, a merger of equals, it ——as they are saying. both have different things to gain from it but it would be so complicated. it makes the head hurt thinking about how they will piece it all together. the car industry has been overtaken by tech firms encroaching on their area. i mean, the driverless, self driving technology, what i really tech firms, have been making far greater headway and more quickly and it seems like this is an attempt by fiat chrysler, which was a bit on the back foot, to play catch up. this would also try to free up cash. it will try to improve both respective balance sheets, share the costs a nd respective balance sheets, share the costs and try and get a little bit more cash so both companies would then be able to invest more in technology because righ