It was announced back in February that General Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroen would be forming a “global strategic alliance” (see article) – and now the key steps in that alliance have finally been revealed.
According to an official statement, the alliance will revolve aro
und two main areas: namely, the companies will share vehicle platforms, modules and components; and they will establish a global purchasing joint venture aimed at sourcing commodities, goods and services from suppliers – with annual purchasing volumes to reach $125million.
As part of the agreement, General Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroen have agreed on four vehicle projects:
- A joint programme for a compact-class MPV for Opel/Vauxhall and for a compact-class crossover utility vehicle for Peugeot.
- A joint MPV programme for the small car segment for both the Opel/Vauxhall and Citroen brands.
- An upgraded small car platform to produce low CO2 vehicles for the Opel/Vauxhall brands in Europe and PSA’s next generation of cars in the same region.
- A joint programme will also be formed focusing on midsize cars for Opel/Vauxhall and the Peugeot and Citroen brands.
All of these programmes will see the partners combine their best platform architectures and technologies; and they have also confirmed the next steps in their joint purchasing organisation which will have a synergy target of $2billion annually within five years.
It is hoped that the first vehicles from the new alliance will be on the road by the end of 2016.
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