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ALFA ROMEO SPIDER Code-name: 946 Market launch: March-April 2006 Project leader: Carlo Andrea Arcelloni Platform: premium platform, already used by 159 and Brera coupe Development notes: Originally planned for 2003, the was delayed 3 years because of 2 complete changes to its platform and a complete change to the design. Design: Italdesign Giugiaro and

Key suppliers: Canvas roof system from Illustration: Christian Schulte Webasto subsidiary Oasys The new Mitsubishi Outlander (far right) is the basis for SUVs for Where built: Pininfarina’s plant in San (far left) and Citroen. All 3 are due in 2007. Giorgio Canavese, near Technology: All gasoline engines have direct injection. It is the first Alfa Spider with 4wd and diesel engines. CITROEN C7 car, which also will be built for Peugeot, Production target: 20,000 to 25,000 will be 30 months. The length suggests (includes the Brera coupe from which the Market launch: Mid-2007 PSA/Peugeot-Citroen is working to Spider is derived) Platform: Shared with Mitsubishi’s differentiate the bodies of the Citroen and lower-medium Lancer and its Peugeot from Mitsubishi’s Outlander. Outlander SUV PSA also wants to fit its own engines Q7 Development notes: Bought from in the SUVs. Mitsubishi, this vehicle will have SUV Where built: Mizushima, Japan looks but won’t be built for serious off-road Production target: 15,000 each for driving. The total development time of the Citroen and Peugeot

BMW X6 NEXT-GENERATION XSARA PICASSO Code-name: E71 Market launch: 2008 or later Code-name: AU716 Development notes: The X6 will be a 4-door Market launch: Late 2006 Market launch: March 2006 SUV with a coupe-like roofline. It is heavily Development notes: There is speculation Project leader: Gerhard Hametner based on the X5. a 7- version of the car will be launched Platform: SUV platform shared with Design: Under Chris Bangle in late 2006 and a 5-seat version in spring Touareg and Cayenne Where built: South Carolina, USA 2007. Citroen does not say whether the new Development notes: The Q7 has a longer version will retain the Picasso name. The wheelbase than the Touareg and Cayenne, carmaker paid Pablo Picasso’s family an which gives it room for a seven-seat interior. BMW SPACE-FUNCTIONAL undisclosed amount for the right to use the Design: Dany Garand under Walter de’ Silva CONCEPT family’s name on the first generation of the Where built: Bratislava, Slovakia, . alongside the Touareg and Cayenne Technology: Lane departure warning Code-name: E62 Production target: 60,000 Market launch: 2008 or later 600 Platform: Modular platform, loosely based (IMOLA OR MONZA) on 5, 6 and 7 series AUDI TT Design: Under Chris Bangle Development notes: The space-functional Code-name: F139 Code-name: AU354 concept will have a new interior concept Market launch: Mid-2006 Market launch: Mid-2006 similar to a minivan, but the car will ride Platform: Short-wheelbase version of the Project leader: Matthias Müller lower to the ground than a minivan. 612 Scaglietti’s aluminum spaceframe Platform: PQ35/PQ36 platform derivative Where built: Dingolfing, Germany Development notes: The car, which will shared with VW Golf, and others be called either the Imola or Monza, will Design: Under Walter de’ Silva replace the 575M Maranello, the last Ferrari Where built: Bodies are manufactured CITROEN C6 to have a steel frame. The new model’s and painted in Ingolstadt, Germany, then arrival completes Ferrari’s switch to shipped to Gyor, Hungary, for assembly. Code-name: X6 aluminum for its ’ frames and body Production target: 40,000 Market launch: December 2005 panels. The switch began in March 1999 Project leader (marketing): Jean-Denis with the 360 Modena. Bigot Design: Pininfarina BMW X5 Platform: Platform 3 for large sedans; Key suppliers: Aluminum frame and body shared with the Citroen C5, Peugeot 407 panels from Alcoa’s plant in Modena, ; Code-name: E70 Development notes: Citroen Managing supplies optional composite Market launch: Autumn 2006 Director Claude Satinet spearheaded the ceramic brake discs Development notes: The X5 will become carmaker’s effort to produce an up-market Where built: Maranello, Modena, Italy a bigger car than its predecessor and share car in the tradition of the Citroen DS. Production target: 800 to 1,000 modules with the entire BMW lineup, even Design: Marc Pinson the entry-premium 1 series. Where built: Rennes, Design: Under Chris Bangle Technology: Head-up display; lane Where built: South Carolina, USA departure warning Production target: 25,000

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FIAT PUNTO market in just 18 months. ENTRY-LEVEL SPYDER Design: brand styling center Where built: Cassino, Italy Market launch: Late 2007. Production target: 120,000 to 150,000 Platform: The car will use Alfa Romeo’s Premium platform, which underpins the Alfa 159. FORD GALAXY Development notes: Early this year, Maserati killed a new Spyder derived from Code-name: CD340 its Quattroporte sedan because its sticker Market launch: Mid-2006 price would have been close to E100,000. At Project leader: Jens Ludmann E70,000, Maserati hopes the entry-level Platform: Ford’s global C/D Spyder will help the brand increase its (upper-medium) architecture volume to about 10,000 units by the end Code-name: 199 Development notes: Second-generation of of the decade. Market launch: 2005 Ford Europe’s large minivan Design: Pininfarina Project leader: Cristina Siletto Design: Ford Europe design, Cologne, Production target: 5,000 Platform: Small Common Components & Germany, and Dunton, UK, under Martin Systems (SCCS) co-developed with Smith /Vauxhall, which will use it for the Where built: Genk, Belgium MAZDA2 Corsa replacement due in Q1 2006. Production target: 55,000 Development notes: To avoid confusion Market launch: 2007 with the second-generation Punto, which Platform: Ford global small-car will be produced until at least the end of FORD architecture 2006, Fiat often refers to the third- Development notes: The new model, generation Punto as the Grande Punto, Code-name: CD 340 which was hinted at by the Sassou concept which means big Punto in Italian. At Market launch: Mid-2006 show at the 2005 IAA in Frankfurt, will 4030mm, the new Punto is the biggest Project leader: Jens Ludmann come in various body styles. small-segment car ever. It took 22 months Platform: Ford’s global C/D Design: Mazda design in Oberursel, to develop the car. (upper-medium) architecture Germany, under Peter Birtwhistle Design: Exterior, Italdesign Giugiaro; Design: Ford Europe design, Cologne, Production target: 100,000 interior, Fiat styling center Germany, and Dunton, UK, under Key suppliers: supplies the common-rail system for the 1.3-liter Where built: Genk, Belgium MERCEDES CL CLASS ; Bosch for the 1.9-liter. Fiat expects 60 percent of Punto sales to be Code-name: W221 diesels. HONDA CIVIC Market launch: October 2006 Where built: Melfi, Italy; starting in early Project leader: Hans Multhaupt 2006, Mirafiori, Italy, near Turin Platform: Coupe derived from S-class Production target: 360,000-450,000 sedan Design: Under Peter Pfeiffer Where built: Sindelfingen, Germany FIAT SEDICI

Code-name: 196 MERCEDES S CLASS Market launch: March 2006 Project leader: Enrico Genchi Code-name: W221 Platform: Lengthened version of ’s Market launch: October 2005 A platform that was first used on the new Project leader: Hans Multhaupt Suzuki Swift Platform: Large rwd platform Development notes: will be the Design: Under Peter Pfeiffer third brand after Fiat and Suzuki to have a Code-name: DM Where built: Sindelfingen, Germany version of the medium SUV. The Lancia Market launch: January 2006 Technology: The S class features the latest debuts in early 2008. Project Leader: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto in electronic equipment, including Design: Italdesign Giugiaro Development notes: The car’s 2.2-liter pre-crash sensors and radar-based driver Where built: Esztergom, Hungary diesel is assembled in Swindon, England, assistance systems. Technology: The 4wd variant uses Suzuki’s using components shipped from Japan. The Electric Control Coupling Device. The Civic’s fuel tank is under the rear seat, driver can select one of the ECCD’s three which creates more cargo space in the car MERCEDES GL CLASS modes: fwd only; fwd with rear drive despite it being 35mm shorter than its automatically activated when driving on predecessor. Code-name: X164 slippery surfaces; and permanent 4wd. Design: Toshiyuki Okumoto Market launch: Early 2006 Production target: 90,000 (60,000 for Where built: Swindon, England Project leader: Uwe Ernstberger Suzuki, 20,000 for Fiat and 10,000 for Lancia) Production target: 80,000 in 2006 Platform: Modular SUV platform Development notes: The GL class is the final derivative of the new SUV platform FIAT STILO REPLACEMENT HONDA LEGEND that already serves as the basis for the M class SUV and the R class crossover Code-name: 198 Market launch: July 2006 Design: Under Peter Pfeiffer Market launch: Q1 2007 Development notes: The new Legend is Where built: Vance, Alabama, USA Project leader: Gianfranco Romeo expected to include a pedestrian-friendly Platform: A highly modified version of the pop-up hood system. C-frame introduced on the Stilo in 2001. Where built: Hamamatsu, Japan Development notes: Fiat’s new lower- Production target: 50,000 medium model – which will abandon the Stilo name – will be offered as a 5-door only. Currently, the Stilo also has 3-door and wagon variants. Fiat is working with Magna Steyr of Austria to get the car to ◆ 30 Automotive News Europe October 31, 2005 AN_suppl_051031_29-31.qxd 19.10.2005 18:23 Uhr Page 31

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MINI OPEL/VAUXHALL CORSA LAGUNA

Market launch: Early 2007 Code-name: 4400 Code-name: X91 Platform: Compact fwd Market launch: Q1 2006 Market launch: 2007 Development notes: BMW’s second- Project leader: Klaus Nüchter Development notes: The second- generation will come in at least three Platform: Small Common Components & generation Laguna has failed to make its body styles – 3-door hatchback, , Systems (SCCS) co-developed with Fiat, mark in the upper-medium segment. The and . It will feature new which uses it for the third-generation Punto third generation is expected to be larger engines jointly developed with PSA. Design: GM Europe in Rüsselsheim, under and more powerful. There is speculation Design: Gert Hildebrand Bryan Nesbitt that the car could have coupe and cabriolet Where built: Oxford, England Where built: Zaragoza, Spain; derivatives. Eisenach, Germany Where built: Sandouville, France Production target: More than 450,000 NISSAN MICRA C+C SMART FORTWO PEUGEOT 407 COUPE Market launch: Early 2007 Platform: Mid-engine small-car platform Development notes: The second- generation ForTwo is designed to meet US crash-test and emissions standards so that it is possible to export it to the world’s Code-name: E11A largest market. Market launch: September 2005 Code-name: D25 Design: Hartmut Sinkwitz Project leader: Colin Dodge Market launch: November 2005 Where built: Hambach, France Platform: B, shared with Renault Platform: Platform 3 for large sedans; Development time: 31 months shared with the Citreon C5 and C6 Designer: Nissan’s design center in Development notes: The 407 coupe was SUV London, led by Satoru Tai designed in-house. Italy’s Pininfarina Key supplier: Folding hardtop system designed the car’s successful predecessor, Market launch: 2007 or later from of Germany the 406 coupe, which achieved sales of Platform: PQ35 Where built: Sunderland, England 107,000 units between 1997 and 2004. Development notes: The Golf-based SUV Production target: 20,000 Where built: Rennes, France was delayed because cost reductions were Production target: 25,000 sought. Project leader: Joachim Rothenpieler NISSAN NOTE Design: Murat Günak Where built: Wolfsburg, Germany Code-name: X11E Market launch: March 2006 (sales in Market launch: Spring 2007 Japan started in autumn 2004) Platform: Platform 1 for small cars; shared VOLVO C30 Project leader: Colin Dodge with , 1007 and Citroen C2, C3 Platform: B, shared with Renault. Development notes: In Europe, the Market launch: Late 2006 Development notes: Replaces the Almera small-segment car will replace the 206, Platform: Ford’s global C1 (lower-medium) Tino Peugeot’s all-time best seller. The 206 will architecture Design: Taiji Toyota continue to be sold in developing markets. Development notes: New entry for Volvo Where built: Sunderland, England Peugeot is expected to build station wagon, in lower-premium segment. Production target: 100,000 coupe-cabriolet and minivan versions of the Design: Started by Peter Horbury; finalized 207. The minivan, which likely will be called under Steve Mattin the 2007, will have power sliding doors. Where built: Gent, Belgium NISSAN QASHQAI Where built: Poissy, France; Trnava, Production target: 50,000 Slovakia; Villaverde, Spain Code-name: P32L Market launch: Early 2007 VOLVO S80 Project leader: Colin Dodge PORSCHE PANAMERA Design: Nissan’s design center in London Market launch: Summer 2006 Where built: Sunderland, England Code-name: E2 Platform: Ford global C/D (upper-medium) Production target: More than 100,000 Market launch: 2009 architecture Platform: Large rwd platform Development notes: First application of Development notes: The Panamera, Ford’s upper-medium architecture for a OPEL/VAUXHALL ANTARA Porsche’s first 4-door sedan, will share many large Volvo of its components with the 911 and Cayenne. Design: Started by Peter Horbury; finalized Code-name: C105 Design: Michael Mauer under Steve Mattin Market launch: Late 2006 Production target: 20,000 Where built: Gothenburg, Sweden Project leader: Peter Mertens Production target: 65,000 Platform: General Motors’ global medium SUV architecture RENAULT CLIO Development notes: The car is the successor to the Opel/Vauxhall Frontera SUV. Code-name: X85 Design: GM Europe in Rüsselsheim, under Market launch: September 2005 Bryan Nesbitt Platform: B platform; shared with the Where built: By GM Daewoo Auto & Modus and Nissan’s Micra and Note Technology, South Korea Development time: 28 months, a record Production target: 30,000 low for Renault Design: Under Patrick Le Quement Where built: Flins and Dieppe, France; Bursa, Turkey Production target: 450,000

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