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TAKEOVER BENEFIT; Chrysler's rear-drive cars ride on a load of Benz parts.(News)(Brief Article)
Byline: MARK VAUGHN
Platform development on the Chrysler 300C/Dodge Magnum began back before the DaimlerChrysler assimilation, but that doesn't mean there hasn't been parts sharing. Just how much of that 300C/Magnum is Mercedes stuff, anyway? According to chief engineer Burke Brown, 20 percent, including the five-speed automatic, steering, front and rear suspension, differential, seat structure, stability control program and much of the electronic bits for various plug-and-play devices like the Mercedes rear object detection system.
"Sharing parts allowed us to cut development time and leapfrog quality things you might otherwise have to learn yourself,'' said Brown.
Few parts are straight out of the Benz bin, though. For instance, while the front suspension is from the E-Class, ...
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