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D Doings: Chrysler’s Project D Avenger, Sebring replacement plan may go platform sharing route
Chrysler is considering three or four distinct ways to do the project, which include: 1) Its own all-new platform (the current models are derived from Mitsubishi’s LS platform, but Chrysler has done considerable work on it; 2) Use someone else’s platform, either Fiat’s premium platform, or Nissan’s midsize (Altima), with distinct sheetmetal; or 3) Go further on platform sharing, using a Fiat premium or Nissan firewall, A-pillar and windshield, kind of like Volkswagen’s new Routan minivan, based on the Chrysler minivans. Read the rest of this entry »