German industrial output falls to 2005 levels as auto sector craters

Re:German industrial output falls to 2005 levels as auto sec... by palmotea on Monday October 13, 2025 @10:50AM (#45568929)

> But also their cars can cost too much. They're doing a lot of sharing with Ford. Take for example the T7 platform. Why pay VW prices for a Ford?

Do you have more details? From what I gather as an American from 5 minutes of Googling is that Ford sells a van in Europe that's a re-badged VW T7, but it's not like VW is selling Ford stuff.

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Re:German industrial output falls to 2005 levels as auto sec... by throwaway_20357 on Monday October 13, 2025 @11:35AM (#45569519)

As far as I understand, the VW Amarok is based on the Ford Ranger, the VW T7 Transporter (their Commercial vehicle) is based on the Ford Transit Custom. The T7 Multivan and California are still built on their own VW platform.

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Re:German industrial output falls to 2005 levels as auto sec... by niffydroid on Monday October 13, 2025 @05:40PM (#45573644)

Sorry, the T7 is actually the multi van now, which is VW based The old transporter and panels vans were called T6 and this is where confusion lies. None the less, the Transporter etc are Fords.

Re T naming convention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Transporter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Transporter_(2024) Straight up based on the ford platform Vw Transporter Panel Van £38,620 Ford Ford Transit® Custom £33,350

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