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Platform sharing is a surefire way to reduce costs, as well as complexity, across your entire range and many manufacturers are into it. You can count Ford, too, which will reduce its global car and truck platform to eight.
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- Bmw To Limit Platform Architectures To Just Two, Mercedes To Four
Have you ever wondered how automotive brands and groups can afford to produce so many different types of vehicles and still make profits these days? The answer is platform and component sharing, which drastically reduce development and production costs,...
- Wanted: Automotive Partner For Small Car Development; Contact Volvo
Going it alone on new model development is a costly endeavor even for large automotive groups – and practically out of the question for smaller manufacturers. Volvo until now has built all of its models around the platforms and powertrains from...
- Dan Akerson Says Gm Is “like Communist China In The ‘60sâ€, Starts Cultural Revolution By Laying Off White-collar Workers
Last month, General Motors posted a third-quarter profit of $1.7 billion US. Not bad for a company that, only just two years ago, was almost bankrupt and was saved thanks to a massive government bailout. Yet its aim is to reduce costs and increase profits...
- Scoop: New Ford Mondeo Prototype Spotted Out In The Open, Will Replace The U.s. Fusion As Well
Our spy photographers captured a development prototype of Ford's new global mid-size sedan sporting a modified platform but with most body parts sourced from the current Mondeo saloon, during testing in Europe. In the likes of the latest Fiesta...
- Nissan Planning To Sell A New Low-cost, Micra-based Model In The Usa
Nissan officials confirmed today that the automaker is planning to add a new entry-level model based on the soon-to-be-revealed Micra in its U.S. market lineup. The next generation Micra (think Toyota Yaris and Ford Fiesta competitor), which was teased...
Cars
Ford Cutting its Global Platforms to 8, Will Launch 15 New Products This Year
Platform sharing is a surefire way to reduce costs, as well as complexity, across your entire range and many manufacturers are into it. You can count Ford, too, which will reduce its global car and truck platform to eight.
Read more »
- Bmw To Limit Platform Architectures To Just Two, Mercedes To Four
Have you ever wondered how automotive brands and groups can afford to produce so many different types of vehicles and still make profits these days? The answer is platform and component sharing, which drastically reduce development and production costs,...
- Wanted: Automotive Partner For Small Car Development; Contact Volvo
Going it alone on new model development is a costly endeavor even for large automotive groups – and practically out of the question for smaller manufacturers. Volvo until now has built all of its models around the platforms and powertrains from...
- Dan Akerson Says Gm Is “like Communist China In The ‘60sâ€, Starts Cultural Revolution By Laying Off White-collar Workers
Last month, General Motors posted a third-quarter profit of $1.7 billion US. Not bad for a company that, only just two years ago, was almost bankrupt and was saved thanks to a massive government bailout. Yet its aim is to reduce costs and increase profits...
- Scoop: New Ford Mondeo Prototype Spotted Out In The Open, Will Replace The U.s. Fusion As Well
Our spy photographers captured a development prototype of Ford's new global mid-size sedan sporting a modified platform but with most body parts sourced from the current Mondeo saloon, during testing in Europe. In the likes of the latest Fiesta...
- Nissan Planning To Sell A New Low-cost, Micra-based Model In The Usa
Nissan officials confirmed today that the automaker is planning to add a new entry-level model based on the soon-to-be-revealed Micra in its U.S. market lineup. The next generation Micra (think Toyota Yaris and Ford Fiesta competitor), which was teased...