Renault SA’s partnership with Geely may be a more natural one than its longtime alliance with Nissan Motor Co., Chief Executive Officer Luca de Meo said.

Although Mitsubishi considered joining the Honda-Nissan merger, in late January that was old news. That alliance might have been part of the problem. Although not an actual merger, the car companies involved each own stakes of the other—in Renault's case,

Nissan Motor Co.’s biggest shareholder said emphatically that terminating tie-up talks with Honda Motor Co. was the right decision.

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Cultural differences have long complicated Renault's collaboration with Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors, raising the possibility that the French automaker may strengthen its ties with Geely instead. Against this backdrop,