Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co. have announced a new alliance on Tuesday at the North American International Auto Show that will see both automakers build and release commercial vans and medium-sized pickups as early as 2022.

This move will help both auto giants speed up and save money on their development of electric and self-driving car technology.
 
The alliance ,which will be run by the CEO's and senior executives of both automakers ,will not involve cross-ownership,which is the case in the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance.

Volkswagen’s CEO,Herbert Diess, said:

“Volkswagen and Ford will harness our collective resources, innovation capabilities, and complementary market positions to even better serve millions of customers around the world"

“At the same time, the alliance will be a cornerstone for our drive to improve competitiveness.”

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The deal will see US automaker Ford develop medium-sized pickups for both brands, as well as a larger commercial van for Europe, while German carmaker, Volkswagen , will develop a smaller city van.

This alliance is one of the biggest non-merger auto partnerships since Renault,Nissan and Mitsubishi joined forces 19 years ago.

https://autojosh.com/volkswagen-and-ford-form-global-alliance-to-make-pickups-evs-and-vans/

Good!

Benz + Renault + mitsubishi+ isuzu = Nissan platform

this new alliance is good for the VW Amarok I hope it won't affect the Ford ranger which is in a comfortable reliability rating

Perfect

Good combination

this good news

good for them

luminouz:

Contact ur family members...
We don't want!!!

Ford wants to hide under VW's glory.

VW groups is just the best. However when it comes to pickups and trucks ford is doing better so I can understand the alliance here.

finaly dem don align

chai, terrible combo just like the nissan renault mitsubhishi alliance, i always say the best cars were those made between 1991 and 2002

2 good heads....

Thinking straight in another clime

Ok

nurey:
Benz + Renault + mitsubishi+ isuzu = Nissan platform

this new alliance is good for the VW Amarok I hope it won't affect the Ford ranger which is in a comfortable reliability rating

The Amarok is a sleeper beast. Beautifully designed pick up truck... Thank you for this post..

ford is a top brand in automobile.