PSA/Peugeot-Citroen already collaborates with BMW on small gas engine technology, but the French automaker is looking to expand its relationship with BMW into co-developing vehicle components and leveraging purchasing power.
PSA/Peugeot-Citroen CEO Phillipe Varin revealed to Automotive News that he is holding talks with BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer to discuss a deeper relationship between the two automakers. The talks reportedly hinge around joint-development of transmissions and climate control systems – as well as leveraging of purchasing power – but the automakers are also discussing further engine sharing.
“We have set up groups of experts to work on deepening our cooperation on gasoline engines,” Varin told Germany’s Handelsblatt.
PSA and BMW’s MINI brand currently share a 1.6L four-cylinder gas engine, but BMW might also adopted PSA’s forthcoming three-cylinder engine, set to hit the market in 2011. In exchange, PSA could source gas engines for its larger vehicle offerings from BMW.
10/27, 12:56 PM
posted by:
Szabla
Is that what the M in BMW stands for?
(kidding)
10/27, 1:17 PM
posted by:
scratchy
another story about mulling ?
10/27, 1:29 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
Yeah really… f*ck the H1N1, I think there should be a vaccination against mulling. It seems to already have infected this site.
10/27, 1:58 PM
posted by:
atoms
a deeper relationship…..hmm does that mean they are going to share an apartment? at least I’ll only have to remember one phone number
10/27, 2:17 PM
posted by:
SomeGreek
Yeah baby! Anyone seen the “Ronin” movie? Two sport sedans, the best of their league, on the European version of car chase… A 5-something against a 406.
I can see only the best coming from this cooperation.
10/27, 2:56 PM
posted by:
johngalt
Where do I donate to LLN? I want them to apply my $5 to a thesaurus.
10/27, 3:04 PM
posted by:
2WheeledSpeed
They could just use a free thesaurus on the internet…
10/27, 3:12 PM
posted by:
DenverGuy217
which they could find if they borrowed one of GM’s WiFi hotspot vehicles. of course that would mean they’d have to turn off the porn first…
10/27, 6:17 PM
posted by:
leftwingagenda
lets vote on our fav synonym for mulling:
1) cogitate
2) ponder
3) speculate
4) ruminate
5) contemplate
go!
i vote #1, because it sounds dirty…
10/27, 6:37 PM
posted by:
carguy123
Leftlanenews is mulling as to keep using the word mulling since not one person actually uses it in every day life. Mulling is mulling when you use mulling in that mulling past and or present muling mulling mulling mulling mulling…I cant stop I now see why they keep using the word mulling.
10/27, 8:19 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
LWA, I’m with you on that one. I vote #1. Let’s see how this headline works with it:
“PSA cogitating deeper relationship with BMW.”
Now THAT is a great synonym.