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GM to slash global vehicle platforms by more than half, to 14, by 2018

General Motors says it will cut the number of vehicle platforms it uses globally by more than half over the next decade, in a bid to reduce complexity and save on product-development costs. “More of our components will be common, and more of our vehicles will be on global architectures,” GM CEO Dan Akerson told analysts on Tuesday. His remarks came as GM kicked off a series of presentations online, billed as its 2011 Global Business Conference.

BMW/Exa-sponsored project at ACCD

Art Center's BMW/Exa 7th term sponsored project, which we first reported on back in mid-February, recently had its final presentation at the conclusion of the Spring 2008 term. You'll recall the project tasked the students with redesigning a future X5 Sports Activity Vehicle with the express mandate improving its aerodynamic efficiency by at least 30 percent. To achieve this lofty goal, the co-sponsor on the project, Exa Corporation was going to provide both their engineering software PowerFLOW and their technical know-how to virtually test the students' Alias StudioTools design models and provide them with real world aerodynamic feedback.

2012 SEAT Ibiza facelift arrives in the UK – and with a price drop

The 2012 SEAT Ibiza facelift arrives in the UK With the Geneva public debut for the SEAT Ibiza facelift, the titivated Ibiza arrives in the UK with a small price drop. SEAT revealed a facelift for the 2012 Ibiza in January and debuted it last week at the Geneva Motor Show. But with that out of the way it’s now time to get the order book for the new Ibiza buzzing, and a price drop is not a bad way to do it.