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Platform Sharing - When Expensive Cars Get Cheaper Platforms And Viceversa
Platform Sharing - When Expensive Cars Get Cheaper Platforms And Viceversa

17 Jan 2017, 17:54 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / In the complicated world of the automobile industry, expensive cars are often based on volume models. Sometimes, cheap cars get platforms from expensive ones

 
It Looks like There's Nothing the Self-Driving Fuel Cell GM SURUS Can't Do
It Looks like There's Nothing the Self-Driving Fuel Cell GM SURUS Can't Do

7 Oct 2017, 06:56 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The Detroit carmaker has launched a versatile self-driving electric multi-role platform powered by a hydrogen fuel cell that should have the Army drooling

 
Opel/Vauxhall To Adopt Groupe PSA Platform and Engine Technology In The Long Run
Opel/Vauxhall To Adopt Groupe PSA Platform and Engine Technology In The Long Run

29 Sep 2017, 12:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Putting almost 3,000 jobs at risk, Groupe PSA intends to imbue its own engines and platforms in future Opel and Vauxhall models

 
New Toyota Sports Car Platform Confirmed By Head Of Gazoo Racing
New Toyota Sports Car Platform Confirmed By Head Of Gazoo Racing

25 Sep 2017, 08:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Better late than never, Toyota gave the go-ahead to Gazoo Racing to develop an all-new, dedicated sports car platform of the RWD variety

 
2019 Tesla Model Y SUV Confirmed To Share Platform With Model 3 Sedan
2019 Tesla Model Y SUV Confirmed To Share Platform With Model 3 Sedan

3 Aug 2017, 15:34 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / At the earnings call for the second quarter of 2017, Elon Musk made it clear the Model Y crossover will ride on a platform derived from the Model 3

 
Lamborghini Boss Confirms Next-Generation Super Sports Car Platform
Lamborghini Boss Confirms Next-Generation Super Sports Car Platform

25 Jan 2017, 13:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Starting with the replacement for the Aventador, Lamborghini is set to switch to a modular mid-engine platform for its future supercars

 
Ferrari Prepares Next-Generation Sport Car Platform With Altair Design
Ferrari Prepares Next-Generation Sport Car Platform With Altair Design

28 Jul 2016, 09:29 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Ferrari, a brand that does not need an introduction, will make a new vehicle platform with the specialists at Altair Design. It will be lighter and faster

 
Ford Plans to Decrease the Number of Global Vehicle Platforms From 27 to Only 8
Ford Plans to Decrease the Number of Global Vehicle Platforms From 27 to Only 8

18 Jan 2015, 15:00 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Cost-cutting is the name of the game in this day and age, especially if you're a major volume-oriented manufacturer such as the Ford Motor Company. This is just one of the reasons why the 2016 ...

 
GM to Cut Costs by Using Only 4 Platforms By 2025
GM to Cut Costs by Using Only 4 Platforms By 2025

7 Oct 2014, 16:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / General Motors CEO Mary Barra revealed during an investor briefing that the company she helms is aiming to use just 4 platforms instead of the 26 the American automaker uses at the present moment. ...

 
Car Development Episode II – Attack of The Clones
Car Development Episode II – Attack of The Clones

28 Mar 2014, 20:53 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / As I'm sure that most of you know, in order to cut down production costs and for a number of other related reasons, modern car development is made using common platforms, also known as architec...

 
Next Generation Volkswagen Fox Coming in 2016 With MQB Platform
Next Generation Volkswagen Fox Coming in 2016 With MQB Platform

29 Oct 2013, 17:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Take this with a grain of salt, or maybe a dozen grains of salt, but a report from Brazil's Automotive Business says the next generation VW Fox will be based on the new MQB platform, which so f...

 
Maserati SUV to Use Rock and Roll Ferrari Engine
Maserati SUV to Use Rock and Roll Ferrari Engine

13 Jan 2011, 07:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the launch date of the unspeakable Maserati SUV approaches, more and more information about the project is being released by one Fiat official or another. Present at the North American Internatio...

 
Next Subaru Tribeca Could Be Underpinned by Toyota Highlander
Next Subaru Tribeca Could Be Underpinned by Toyota Highlander

4 Jan 2011, 10:04 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It seems that Toyota and Subaru are becoming closer than ever. According to Motor Trend, the two companies are currently exploring the possibility of integrating larger platforms, that could yield t...

 
Ford to Trim Platforms
Ford to Trim Platforms

1 Oct 2010, 07:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford announced yesterday that it plans to cut the number of core platforms on which it builds its models to less than half in the following years. The carmaker will reduce the ...

 
New Mazda Models Come in 2012
New Mazda Models Come in 2012

30 Aug 2010, 12:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Mazda is preparing the way for what it hopes will be a revolution when it comes to the vehicles it offers. That revolution includes revising and reinventing everything from cha...

 
VW May Use Porsche's Panamera Platform for Other Brands
VW May Use Porsche's Panamera Platform for Other Brands

4 Sep 2009, 07:23 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Because of Porsche's soon-to-be-takeover by the Volkswagen Group, the path of both the manufacturers' upcoming models is yet to be decided. Recent informations comnig from within the compa...

 
Ford to Refresh 90% of Lineup by 2012
Ford to Refresh 90% of Lineup by 2012

7 Aug 2009, 09:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The race for better-quality, more fuel efficient vehicles has forced American manufacturer Ford to consider a major overhaul of its current vehicle line-up, with some 70 to 90 percent of all the Fo...

 
Alfa Romeo 149 Hatchback to Be Based on BMW 1-series
Alfa Romeo 149 Hatchback to Be Based on BMW 1-series

28 Jan 2009, 18:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following last week's announcement that Chrysler and Fiat have joined forces in a strategic alliance, the Italian manufacturer is expected to make public a future cooperation with BMW for the d...