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Daimler, Renault might cooperate on Smart
Report: Daimler, Renault might cooperate on Smart
Posted Wednesday, Sep 9, 2009, 1:33 pm in Employee News
German carmaker Daimler AG and France’s Renault SA are discussing cooperating on a four-door version of Daimler’s compact model Smart, a person familiar with the talks told the Associated Press on Wednesday.
The person, who was not authorized to speak to the press, told the AP that the two companies were discussing designing a new model and producing it together. The Smart brand, which currently only offers two-seater models, is produced in Hambach, in northeast France, the new service said.
Smart produced a four-door model before, the Smart Forfour between 2004 and 2006, which it developed with Mitsubishi Motors, though it stopped production of the model, along with its two-seat Roadster because the company was not yet profitable, the AP said. Daimler has said in the past it would seek a partner to develop the project because it makes more sense financially, the story said. (Associated Press)
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