Manufacturers have long taken advantage of group agreements and synergies to develop new car models. With this solution, costs can be reduced during the development and production process of newly launched cars, a fundamental factor in achieving maximum profitability for their manufacturers. Collaboration allows companies to share costs and risks, in addition to achieving greater flexibility in processes.
Currently, there are different models on the market that start from the same chassis and use the same bodywork. In some, there are hardly any differences beyond the identifying logo of each brand, a fact that translates into an obvious reduction in personality.
In other cases, the customization of each brand is deeper and allows the creation of cars with very different concepts and philosophy. Collaboration between manufacturers to optimize resources is not new. Looking back several decades, there were quite successful examples such as the pair formed by the Nissan Terrano and the Ford Maverick, the Seat Alhambra, Volkswagen Sharan and Ford Galaxy minivans or, more recently, the collaboration between Nissan and Mercedes-Benz with the pick -up Navara and the X-Class, respectively.
For their part, the urban Seat Mii, Skoda Citigo and VW Up were the protagonists of a collaboration that brought together the three brands of the VW group. There were also some notable failures in this sense, such as the one involving the Toyota Aygo and the Aston Martin Cygnet, which did not quite meet the objectives set.
Here we offer you a list of some models developed jointly, which are practically the same in their structure, but which always have some differences.
