BMW, Mercedes reduce number of architectures

The 2 series Active Tourer uses BMW's new front-wheel-drive architecture.

Diana T. Kurylko

March 14, 2014 05:00 AM

BMW and Mercedes-Benz are reducing their number of vehicle architectures to speed development and cut costs.

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