The collapse of the proposed merger between Nissan and Honda opens the door for Foxconn to reenter the equation and resume its talks with Nissan. Foxconn, which among other things builds iPhones for Apple,

After shocking the auto industry and world by announcing a merger, the Honda-Nissan alliance blew up like a dying star. Since then it’s been drama, like watching a couple break up and get back together so many times you can’t keep it straight.

In a joint statement released the same day, Honda acknowledged that it proposed to divert from its original intention of forming a joint holding company to one where "Honda would