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In 1999, Nissan entered a two-way alliance with Renault S.A. of France, which owns 43.4% of Nissan, while Nissan holds 1 % of Renault shares, as of !""#. Alon$ with its nor%al ran$e of %odels, Nissan also &roduces a ran$e of lu'ury %odels (randed as Infiniti. As of !"11, the co%&any)s $lo(al head*uarters is located in Nishi-+u, ,o+oha%a. Nissan was the si'th lar$est auto%a+er in the world (ehind -oyota, .eneral /otors, 0ol+swa$en .rou&, 1yundai /otor .rou&, and Ford in !"1!.2#3 It for%erly %ar+eted 4ehicles under the 56atsun5 (rand na%e. In 7uly !"13, Nissan announced the relaunch of 6atsun as a (rand tar$eted at e%er$in$ %ar+ets. 8a Auctions Ser4ices9Su(aru is the auto%o(ile %anufacturin$ di4ision of 7a&anese trans&ortation con$lo%erate Fu:i 1ea4y Industries ;F1I<, the twenty-si'th (i$$est auto%a+er (y &roduction worldwide in !"11. Su(aru is +nown for its use of the (o'er en$ine layout in %ost of its 4ehicles a(o4e 1 "" cc as well as its use of the all wheel dri4e dri4e-train layout since 19=!, with it (eco%in$ standard e*ui&%ent for %id-si>e and s%aller cars in %ost international %ar+ets as of 199?, and now standard in %ost North A%erican %ar+et Su(aru 4ehicles. -he lone e'ce&tion is the R@6 ARB introduced in !"1!. Su(aru also offers tur(ochar$ed 4ersions of their &assen$er cars, such as the I%&re>a @RC.