Carmakers BMW and Toyota have agreed to develop a joint platform
for sportscars, BMW's development chief Herbert Diess told a German
newspaper.
"We have agreed on a joint
architecture for a sports car. What is important is that there will be
two different vehicles that are authentic to the two brands,"
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Monday quoted Diess as saying.
BMW
and Toyota had in January signed an agreement to cooperate on various
areas including lithium-air batteries and lightweight technology.
They
also said at the time they would study the potential for a joint
platform for a mid-sized sports vehicle in a feasibility study to be
completed by the end of 2013.
Frankfurter Allgemeine said that Diess declined to provide details on the models that would result from the cooperation.
Source: intoday
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