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En als BMW dan al praat met Citroen en Peugeot over een nieuw voorwiel-aangedreven chassis[/quote]
BMW ontwikkelt dat nieuwe platform helemaal in eigen huis. BMW en PSA (Peugeot Citroen) werken nu (en in de toekomst) alleen samen op het gebied van kleine motoren (voor MINI).
Verder is er nog niks bekend!
BMW and PSA have been discussing how to broaden their current engine cooperation for months. So far, they have not been in a hurry to make a deal but now the pressure will increase for the two companies to create an alliance that will give them the same economies of scale that Daimler and Renault aim to achieve.
BMW is developing a new front-wheel-drive architecture for its Mini brand and for new BMW brand small fwd cars. The Bavarian automaker could get scale advantages if it involves PSA in the project.
autonewseurope.com/article/20100408/B...En dat FWD platform van BMW/MINI komt overigens pas in 2014 en zal alleen al door BMW voor 20 verschillende auto's gebruikt worden. Die paar Saab's hebben ze dus niet direct nodig...
[quote]BMW development boss Klaus Draeger said the new vehicle architecture will debut in 2014 with the arrival of the third-generation Mini hatchback.
He said the new architecture will enable BMW to produce a range of vehicles that are between 3800mm and 4300mm long. By comparison, Volkswagen's Fox, Polo, Golf, Beetle and Scirocco model lines fit within the same size range, which covers everything from minicars to subcompacts to compacts.
Sources said that at its peak the new architecture will underpin up to 20 different BMW and Mini model variants.