amak11 said:
plip.plop said:
amak11 said:
Since you did post this in my thread i don't think a partnership like this would work. Japanese and American business philosophies are completely different. It would be like if Honda teamed up with ford to release a car. |
American and Japanese car companies have worked together. Toyota and GM constantly release cars jointly, as well as other companies.
The chevy cavalier was released into Japan as the Toyota cavalier,also I cant remember which SAAB it was but it is the same car as the Subaru WRX (Gm owns SAAB)
Matrix = Pontiac Vibe
Corolla = Geo Prizm
Suzuki Sidekick = Geo Tracker
Chrysler and Mitsubishi also worked together, alot of Dodge cars were actually Mitsubishi's
Eagle Talon = Mitsubishi Eclipse
Dodge Stealth = 3000GT
and so on,
And Ford did work with Mazda to put cars out
Ford Probe, and in the 90's Yamaha made the motors for the 90's SVT Ford Tarus (those cars were fast)
Ford also owns quite a bit of stock in Mazda. and when they owned Volvo passenger cars, they used alot of Volvo designs into Ford cars.
Partnerships can, and do work. The biggest obstacle is the compromise between the partnership.
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But lets say this, would they use a Honda engine or a ford engine? What if they couldn't agree on what they wanted? The partnership would just end.
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Most of those cars are just rebadged, and reskined.
The Ford Probe was a Mazda MX-6
All the GM cars had japenese internals. The bean counters have the final say on what is used, compromise is always key. It takes alot for these companies to come to the table. They work toward a finacially viable option for all involved.
