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Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by mprev on Thursday September 30, 2021 @02:23PM (#28709420)
I’m no fan but it’s reductive to call them rebadged Peugeots. Like just about any car you buy, including a Rolls Royce, they are built using a shared platform. In this case, it’s one of the Stellantis platforms.
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Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by gsnedders on Thursday September 30, 2021 @04:47PM (#28711112)
Rolls Royce has actually been moving _away_ from shared platforms; only the Wraith and Dawn (both in their final year of production) are on a shared platform.

Certainly there's still shared components with BMW, but they've gone back to being more bespoke.

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