The same with cars. With automakers ordering production from each others factories, only very small asthetic changes are going into the cars.
There’s a Stellantis factory nearby and they’re assembling only one model that rolls out the line under five different badges - Opel, Peugeot, Citroen, FIAT and Toyota - with only minute aesthetic front bumper and lights changes between them.
It’s not about running out of imagination or going for the most efficient design; it’s about true competition between manufacturers of any industry becoming inexistent.
The same with cars. With automakers ordering production from each others factories, only very small asthetic changes are going into the cars.
There’s a Stellantis factory nearby and they’re assembling only one model that rolls out the line under five different badges - Opel, Peugeot, Citroen, FIAT and Toyota - with only minute aesthetic front bumper and lights changes between them.
It’s not about running out of imagination or going for the most efficient design; it’s about true competition between manufacturers of any industry becoming inexistent.
That’s just badge engineering. It has always been a thing especially in America. Doesn’t everyone remember the Cadillac Cimmaron?