TOKYO -- Honda Motor is turning away from its founding principle of relying on homegrown technologies as it pursues a merger with Nissan Motor amid a slump in its automobile business.
Automobile business sputters in U.S. and China while motorcycles remain strong

While U.S. sales of Honda Motor's new Prologue have been solid, the automaker has spent heavily on incentives for the electric vehicle. (Honda Motor)
TOKYO -- Honda Motor is turning away from its founding principle of relying on homegrown technologies as it pursues a merger with Nissan Motor amid a slump in its automobile business.