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Re: What exactly is a "platform"??
Posted by FauxRealism [Email] (more from FauxRealism) on Thu, 1 Oct 2009 13:35:28
In Reply to: What exactly is a "platform"??, CY, Thu, 1 Oct 2009 10:57:26
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The platform is basically the underbody and suspension.
Think VW bringing back the Bug a few yrs ago... all they did was take the VW Golf underbody and slap the curvy Bug "look" and interior on top. That is relatively easy to do. It allows the company to develop more models and share the expense of the platform to a greater number of vehicles.
Amazing - there is a Wikipedia entry for everything, see link below.
I don't have a minute to search but if you look for some articles about the cost structure of the auto industry, platform development is a biggie, a couple billion per.
posted by 69.118.129...
Wikipedia on Automobile platforms
Posts in this Thread:
- Wow...GM deal with Penske for Saturn falls apart, Mark Anderson, Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:02:54
- Re: Wow...GM deal with Penske for Saturn falls apart, ursaw, Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:09:15
- Stories out of europe aren't rosy for Koenigsegg either, MI-Roger
, Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:54:29- Re: Stories out of europe aren't rosy for Koenigsegg either, K-Saab
, Thu, 1 Oct 2009 03:51:27- Can you make money selling only 100k car per year?, FauxRealism, Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:14:59
- Reports are the EU disagrees with you., JohnA
, Thu, 1 Oct 2009 07:05:39- Easily profitable...., Mark from Toronto, Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:51:37
- mood at Saab: "incredibly excited" Jonsson n/m, JohnA
, Sat, 3 Oct 2009 05:31:23 - There is also the Toyota MC platform, Tim, Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:16:34
- IIRC, the deal with GM . . . (longish), xhawksaab, Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:52:32
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