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GM, PSA discard large car project; agree to develop small engine
General Motors and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen have dropped plans to jointly develop a large car and will broaden their alliance to work on a new generation of small gasoline engines, the companies said today.
The companies said they have agreed to develop three vehicle platforms, with the first models to go on sale in 2016, and to set up a purchasing joint venture in Europe as the first projects in their alliance.
The joint projects will be:
• A compact crossover for the Peugeot brand and a compact multipurpose vehicle for GM's Opel and Vauxhall marques
• A subcompact multipurpose vehicle for both PSA and Opel/Vauxhall
• An upgraded low-CO2 subcompact-segment platform that will underpin Opel/Vauxhall's and PSA's next generation of cars in Europe and other regions.
1) MPV B-segment (Opel & Peugeot)
2) MPV C-segment (3008)
3) Urban B-segment (C3, 208, Corsa)
The Opel/Vauxhall, Peugeot and Citroen models will be highly differentiated and fully consistent with their respective brand characteristics, the statement said.
The automakers said they will jointly develop a next generation of high-performance, fuel-efficient small gasoline engines derived from PSA's EB global small gasoline engine program. PSA introduced the EB 1.0-liter and 1.2-liter three-cylinder engine range on the Peugeot 208 subcompact earlier this year.
The companies also said they will explore product and industrial initiatives in Latin America or other growth markets.
A definitive agreement to create a joint purchasing organization in Europe supported by a purchasing joint venture has been signed, the statement said, subject to antitrust approval.
Moving forward
The decisions carry forward the global alliance the companies agreed to earlier this year as both automakers seek to stop deep losses in the depressed and highly competitive European new-car market.
They had previously said the alliance would focus on four joint vehicle programs, including two small cars, a compact crossover and a larger vehicle, but the statement today said that only the two compacts and one subcompact had received the go-ahead.
Earlier plans had also called for the carmakers to jointly develop a small car for Brazil, but that plan was dropped.
General Motors and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen have dropped plans to jointly develop a large car and will broaden their alliance to work on a new generation of small gasoline engines, the companies said today.
The companies said they have agreed to develop three vehicle platforms, with the first models to go on sale in 2016, and to set up a purchasing joint venture in Europe as the first projects in their alliance.
The joint projects will be:
• A compact crossover for the Peugeot brand and a compact multipurpose vehicle for GM's Opel and Vauxhall marques
• A subcompact multipurpose vehicle for both PSA and Opel/Vauxhall
• An upgraded low-CO2 subcompact-segment platform that will underpin Opel/Vauxhall's and PSA's next generation of cars in Europe and other regions.
1) MPV B-segment (Opel & Peugeot)
2) MPV C-segment (3008)
3) Urban B-segment (C3, 208, Corsa)
The Opel/Vauxhall, Peugeot and Citroen models will be highly differentiated and fully consistent with their respective brand characteristics, the statement said.
The automakers said they will jointly develop a next generation of high-performance, fuel-efficient small gasoline engines derived from PSA's EB global small gasoline engine program. PSA introduced the EB 1.0-liter and 1.2-liter three-cylinder engine range on the Peugeot 208 subcompact earlier this year.
The companies also said they will explore product and industrial initiatives in Latin America or other growth markets.
A definitive agreement to create a joint purchasing organization in Europe supported by a purchasing joint venture has been signed, the statement said, subject to antitrust approval.
Moving forward
The decisions carry forward the global alliance the companies agreed to earlier this year as both automakers seek to stop deep losses in the depressed and highly competitive European new-car market.
They had previously said the alliance would focus on four joint vehicle programs, including two small cars, a compact crossover and a larger vehicle, but the statement today said that only the two compacts and one subcompact had received the go-ahead.
Earlier plans had also called for the carmakers to jointly develop a small car for Brazil, but that plan was dropped.
