Parts or component sharing between different products from various brands to lower development and production costs is nothing new in the auto industry - or any other industry for that matter. It happened in the past and will continue to happen in the future - period.
Truth to be told, no one cares if said parts are not visible to the eye or if they're used on similarly priced vehicles, but when consumers notice the same components on models from completely opposite price ranges and segments, it could cause problems when perception is crucial.
As most of you will be aware, on Tuesday, Maserati revealed the all-new, sixth generation of its Quattroporte model that promises to have matured into a real flagship sedan that blends sport and luxury elements alike in a modern package.
Given that, Maserati's owner, the Fiat Group, is also the same company that controls Chrysler LLC, the idea of parts sharing popped up in the back or our dirty little minds almost immediately…
To answer the question you are probably wondering yourself right now, yes, we did find some select interior components on the new 2013 Quattroporte (which will likely carry an MSPR north of $130,000 in North America and over €115,000 in most European countries), that are also used on much less fancy Chrysler Group cars priced at a fraction of the Maserati.
We could go ahead and tell you straight away, but what's the fun in that? Besides, if there's one thing we know about you, our readers, is that most of you are very, very attentive to detail and will likely find the ones we discovered and them some more.
Photos of the interiors of the new Maserati Quattroporte and a selection of Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge cars follow below.
16 Comments:
Those bastards! They made the Maserati with a steering wheel! Chrysler has that in their car too!
What a major step back...
QP MK5 shared the wing mirror casings with Alfa 159/Mito
Futurama Fry:
Not sure if trolling, or just stupid
outside looks great......inside is to cheap looking like a........well like a Chrysler
Looks like not much sharing, so kudos! I have a feeling there's a lot more parts sharing underneath the dashboard...
That speedometer is really stupid!.
Made me wonder how "consumers" would even notice as both examples are at opposite ends of the spectrum? Certainly not someone cross-shopping from either end. Chrysler buyer could be flattered, Maserati owners would probably never know?
so bentley, audi, maybach, rolls royce, ferrari, lamborghini, and others can use parts from cheaper cars but Maserati cant??? wth people and their double standards....
You can complain when they start putting Maserati "Ferrari" motors in Charger engine bays.
The only thing i see is the button for the headlights..
oh, no!!!!!! It's so similar it has steering wheel and gauges!!! Impossible, isn't it patented???
I can see that the cars share switches for the power windows and the headlamp knob. Those power windows switches are definitely came from mercedes benz. That's a very good observation carscoop!
You must be kidding!
The interior is better than the exterior... It is almost Bentley finishing
The 2013 Chrysler TC-4D Maserati.
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Im also going to take a guess and say that the nav/multimedia interface is going to be heavily influenced, if not a derivative of the garmin multimedia interface used in chrysler cars; which, all in all wouldnt be a bad thing considering how poorly received the past system was in the q
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