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Parts and platform sharing has been a common practice in big automotive groups. Volkswagen, which has been pioneering this method among its brands since the early ‘90s, has mastered the art. Still, there is always room for improvement...
- 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,...
- Scoop: New Porsche Macan Photographed While Being Unloaded Off A Truck
If there's one model that has the potential to dethrone the Cayenne as Porsche's most commercially successful model, it is the upcoming Macan, which our spies spotted as it was being offloaded from a transport truck in Northern Sweden for artic...
- New Maserati Quattroporte: Can You Spot The Shared Interior Parts With Its Chrysler Siblings?
Parts or component sharing between different products from various brands to lower development and production costs is nothing new in the auto industry - or any other industry for that matter. It happened in the past and will continue to happen in the...
- Alfa Romeo Giulietta By Maserati To Be Used As A Courtesy Car For The Trident Brand's Dealerships
Collaborations between two companies that belong in the same group is a common practice. However, platform or parts sharing, or even badge engineering, is not the only form of a partnership. In 2008, Ferrari chose a limited edition of the Fiat 500 as...
- Opel And Chevrolet Too Close For Comfort? Gm Thinks So
Sibling rivalry: every family faces it, at one point or another. And what are automotive groups such as General Motors if not one, big (and bailout-happy) family? Platform and parts sharing is the name of the game in order to reduce costs and maximize...
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VW Group Initializes New Parts-Sharing Strategy Across All Brands to Save US$6.5 Billion a Year
Parts and platform sharing has been a common practice in big automotive groups. Volkswagen, which has been pioneering this method among its brands since the early ‘90s, has mastered the art. Still, there is always room for improvement...
The VW Group wants to push the envelope further with a much broader parts sharing program among the various brands and models in its empire, starting with the new Audi A3 that will be launched in 2012.
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,...
- Scoop: New Porsche Macan Photographed While Being Unloaded Off A Truck
If there's one model that has the potential to dethrone the Cayenne as Porsche's most commercially successful model, it is the upcoming Macan, which our spies spotted as it was being offloaded from a transport truck in Northern Sweden for artic...
- New Maserati Quattroporte: Can You Spot The Shared Interior Parts With Its Chrysler Siblings?
Parts or component sharing between different products from various brands to lower development and production costs is nothing new in the auto industry - or any other industry for that matter. It happened in the past and will continue to happen in the...
- Alfa Romeo Giulietta By Maserati To Be Used As A Courtesy Car For The Trident Brand's Dealerships
Collaborations between two companies that belong in the same group is a common practice. However, platform or parts sharing, or even badge engineering, is not the only form of a partnership. In 2008, Ferrari chose a limited edition of the Fiat 500 as...
- Opel And Chevrolet Too Close For Comfort? Gm Thinks So
Sibling rivalry: every family faces it, at one point or another. And what are automotive groups such as General Motors if not one, big (and bailout-happy) family? Platform and parts sharing is the name of the game in order to reduce costs and maximize...