Until now, chassis and engine cradles were stamped into clamshell shapes and welded together.
To compete both on cost and marketing, big car firms have had to squeeze a variety of new models onto ever fewer basic chassis and engine designs.
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All Ford had to do was add the engine and chassis used for the Expedition.
Harley (nyse: HDI - news - people) was introducing the V-Rod, a sexy anodized-aluminum dragster with an all-new engine, chassis and suspension.
Horner said Arden's entry would be dependent on them being allowed to buy a chassis as well as an engine supply from another team.
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The good news is that Ford will soon offer an engine worthy of the chassis, a 250-hp turbocharged four-cylinder in a performance variant called the ST.
The new Focus will be built on one platform and will have the same engine, transmission, chassis and main body in all the markets where it is sold.
Wynne moved to California in 1980 and developed an expertise in repairing DeLoreans, since the intricacies of their French-made Peugeot-Renault-Volvo (PRV) engine and Lotus-designed chassis were second nature for someone used to European vehicles.
So, as Painter sees it, you would buy a Duesenberg with, say, an engine built by Toyota, a chassis by Dana and exterior panels by Owens-Corning.
Then he wants to cut costs and improve quality by building more cars on the same chassis--that is, frame, suspension, engine and transmission.
Toro Rosso has essentially been a feeder team for Red Bull, using a chassis based on its parent team's design but a Ferrari engine instead of the Renault-powered cars driven by David Coulthard and Mark Webber.
Hiding behind the petrol pumps, viewers could watch the astonishment of a mechanic as he discovered that the car Mr Routh had coasted into the garage contained no engine neither under the bonnet, nor under the chassis, nor in the boot.
The 19B is heavily revised, with a new chassis and fundamentally redesigned aerodynamics and extra features aimed at reducing the fragility of its Mercedes engine.
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It also has a Foden chassis, a body by Glover and Webb and is powered by a 12-litre Rolls-Royce engine, Mr Humbert of JP Humbert Auctioneers said.
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