Less than two months after a potential merger was floated, Honda and Nissan have called the potential partnership off, forcing Nissan, which has been experiencing difficulties, to explore alternate collaborations.

Japanese auto giants Honda and Nissan confirmed they've scrapped merger talks announced in December​, ending a potential combination that would have created the world's third-largest automaker.

The Honda-Nissan merger is getting plenty of mileage out of the old saying that “it’s not over till it’s over.” Weeks of reporting ended with news that the pair would walk away from the potential deal over Nissan’s concerns that it would give up too much control in the process,