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AN_suppl_051031_29-31.qxd 19.10.2005 19:18 Uhr Page 29 Profiles of new-model development ALFA ROMEO SPIDER Code-name: 946 Market launch: March-April 2006 Project leader: Carlo Andrea Arcelloni Platform: Alfa Romeo premium platform, already used by 159 sedan and Brera coupe Development notes: Originally planned for 2003, the car was delayed 3 years because of 2 complete changes to its platform and a complete change to the design. Design: Italdesign Giugiaro and Pininfarina 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 Peugeot (far left) and Citroen. All 3 are due in 2007. Giorgio Canavese, near Turin 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 AUDI 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-seat 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 Volkswagen Touareg and Porsche 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, minivan. alongside the Touareg and Cayenne Technology: Lane departure warning Code-name: E62 Production target: 60,000 Market launch: 2008 or later FERRARI 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, Audi A3 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 cars’ 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, Italy; Code-name: E70 Development notes: Citroen Managing Brembo 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, France Design: Under Chris Bangle Technology: Head-up display; lane Where built: South Carolina, USA departure warning Production target: 25,000 October 31, 2005 Automotive News Europe 29 ◆ AN_suppl_051031_29-31.qxd 19.10.2005 19:18 Uhr Page 30 Profiles of new-model development FIAT PUNTO market in just 18 months. MASERATI ENTRY-LEVEL SPYDER Design: Fiat 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 Opel/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 CROSSOVER 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: Magneti Marelli supplies Martin Smith the common-rail system for the 1.3-liter Where built: Genk, Belgium MERCEDES CL CLASS diesel engine; 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 Suzuki’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: Lancia 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 hatchback only.