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Breaking: Daimler and Renault-Nissan Extend Collaboration

The scope of the German-French-Japanese partnership, started way back in April 2010, has just been increased and the first step is the completion of a factory building for the joint production of engines in the USA.
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“While our initial collaboration focused strongly on European projects, we are now focusing on synergies in all key markets”, Renault-Nissan Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn said today at an annual media briefing on the partnership between the two carmakers. “The largest economies of scale are always global.”

“We will continue to seek out new projects together that make sense for all partners and, most importantly, our customers”, Daimler CEO, Head of Mercedes Benz Cars and magic mustache man Dieter Zetsche said.

The most impressive unexpected statement is the one about their portfolio of jointly developed projects though, which has apparently jumped from three to ten.

The official press release doesn't explain all of them, but we can guess they are talking about sharing more than the Mercedes-Benz MFA (Modular Front-wheel drive Architecture) platform, the smart fortwo/smart forfour/Renault Twingo and a couple of engines and re-badged vans. More info is expected in the following weeks.
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About the author: Alex Oagana
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Alex handled his first real steering wheel at the age of five (on a field) and started practicing "Scandinavian Flicks" at 14 (on non-public gravel roads). Following his time at the University of Journalism, he landed his first real job at the local franchise of Top Gear magazine a few years before Mircea (Panait). Not long after, Alex entered the New Media realm with the autoevolution.com project.
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