PlatformsTECHNOLOGY Mercedes may allow China partner BAIC to share platformsApril 4, 2013 14:43 CET  Mercedes could allow China partner BAIC to build cars using its vehicle platforms, parent company Daimler said. Daimler has agreed to buy a 12 percent stake in its local joint venture partner for 640 million euros ($822.3 million).... Read More »
TECHNOLOGY Toyota will sell vehicles under parts-sharing, platform framework in 2015March 27, 2013 12:42 CET  Toyota will begin selling vehicles built under its parts-sharing and platform framework in 2015, the company. The automaker is pursuing the strategy adopted by rivals including Volkswagen, to share parts among vehicles using the same platform in order to save costs and manpower.... Read More »
PSA mirrors VW, readies megaplatform to cut costsMarch 15, 2013 06:01 CET  PSA is planning to produce its compact, mid-sized and SUV models on a common platform that also is likely to underpin models made by alliance partner GM. The struggling French automaker is looking to borrow from Volkswagen's money-saving megaplatform strategy as a way to stem massive financial losses that have forced staff cuts and a planned factory closure in France.... Read More »
Volvo purges more Ford influencesFeb. 21, 2013 09:00 CET  Volvo is distancing itself further from its Ford legacy as it prepares to launch a new range of in-house engines and a modular platform. The first engine will be a four-cylinder unit that will debut before the end of this year while the all-new XC90 large SUV that arrives late next year will be the first to use Volvo's scalable platform architecture.... Read More »
Has VW discovered the Holy Grail of carmakers? 2:17 am U.S. ET | Feb. 11, 2013  Ulrich Hackenberg isn't yet a household name but if Volkswagen's $70 billion bet on his big idea pays off, he may join the likes of Henry Ford, Alfred Sloan and Taiichi Ohno in the canon of auto industry pioneers.... Read More »
Has VW discovered the Holy Grail of carmakers?Feb. 11, 2013 08:17 CET  Ulrich Hackenberg isn't yet a household name but if Volkswagen's $70 billion bet on his big idea pays off, he may join the likes of Henry Ford, Alfred Sloan and Taiichi Ohno in the canon of auto industry pioneers.... Read More »
PSA-GM joint vehicle programs will use French carmaker's platformsJan. 24, 2013 12:12 CET  General Motors and PSA will build joint vehicle programs using underpinnings from the French automaker. The first vehicles from the tie-up are due in 2016.... Read More »
GM, PSA to develop small cars, engines, but not larger cars 5:14 am U.S. ET | Dec. 20, 2012  General Motors and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen scrapped plans for a joint mid-size car program, narrowing the scope for vehicle sharing within their alliance while adding engine cooperation. The automakers today said they had signed firm agreements to combine their future small car program as well as co-develop roomier minivans and two sizes of crossovers.... Read More »
GM, PSA discard large car project; agree to develop small engineDec. 20, 2012 11:14 CET  General Motors and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen scrapped plans for a joint mid-size car program, narrowing the scope for vehicle sharing within their alliance while adding engine cooperation.... Read More »
Honda may share platforms, facilities with Malaysia's ProtonOct. 30, 2012 06:01 CET Honda may share car platforms and production facilities with Malaysian carmaker Proton Holdings, owner of the British sports car maker Lotus Group International Ltd, according to a statement from Proton's parent, DRB-Hicom.... Read More »
Spyker will oppose GM's motion to dismiss Saab lawsuitOct. 1, 2012 13:11 CET  Dutch sports car maker Spyker, which is suing General Motors for more than $3 billion on behalf of Saab, said on Monday it will oppose GM's motion to dismiss the case.... Read More »
Fiat revises its Small platform to cover minivans, SUVs and crossoversSept. 23, 2012 06:01 CET  Fiat says it has revised the platform that underpins the Fiat Punto and Alfa Romeo MiTo subcompacts so that it can now underpin minivans, compact SUVs and crossovers.... Read More »
VW lightens Golf by 100 kilos with new platformAug. 22, 2012 08:34 CET  Volkswagen will shave as much as 100 kilograms (220 pounds) from the weight of its seventh-generation Golf by using stronger steel to minimize the metal content in its new MQB platform, delivering a reduction of up to 23 percent in fuel consumption.... Read More »
Prolific VW platform is key in race to be global No. 1Aug. 21, 2012 06:01 CET  VW is set to reap massive savings from its new MQB platform, which will save the automaker billions of euros in costs by the end of the decade and cut production times by a third.... Read More »
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