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VW to employ Porsche tech to save weight

VW to employ Porsche tech to save weight

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As Porsche ramps up for a takeover of Volkswagen Group, engineers at both companies are analyzing and discussing new areas of cooperation between the two firms with most of the focus centered on the use of new super-light technology. Porsche developing the technology for its upcoming Panamera and now both VW and Audi are considering using it for their own models.

"The Panamera's super-light concept also has raised eyebrows among our colleagues in Wolfsburg and Ingolstadt," Porsche Chief Designer Wolfgang Dürheimer told Automotive News Europe.

Most had expected two synergies to flow the other way. That is, Porsche was expected to gain from VW Group's vast parts bin and R&D facilities. Instead, Porsche and VW will "increasingly work together in appropriate areas such as development to cut costs for all partners," says Dürheimer.

The two sides have already jointly developed new hybrid transmission technology, which Porsche says it will eventually use in the Carrera, Boxster and Cayman as well as the Cayenne. Also in the pipeline is the introduction of double-clutch transmissions.



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  1. By  cheap r4 ds Posted: 2/5/2010 1:30am PST

    I think the weightloss innovation and improvement of the volkswagen parts will do it good. It'll make it not only a small hatch that it used to be, but also a lighter one which will make people really love it. I'm just wondering when Golf would have a hybrid counterpart? I heard that GM is really investing on its Volt which, somehow, rhymes with Golf, and will be released on 2010 as well.They're not rivals but I just thought that it would also be great if they create a green countepart of the golf.
     
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