Renault-Nissan Debuts Common Modular Family

by Derek Kreindler

June 19th, 2013 7:26 PM

renault nissan debuts common modular family

Renault-Nissan gave us their first look at their new “kit” dubbed “Common Modular Family”. The new will use four pieces, the powertrain, the dashboard and area aft of the firewall, the “cradle” that holds the engine and front suspension and lastly, the rear section that could be configured for the guts of an all-wheel drive system.

Renault-Nissan expects CMF to underpin as many as 14 nameplates, accounting for 1.6 million vehicles annually. According to the auto maker, purchasing costs should decrease by 20-30 percent, while R&D costs should see a 30-40 percent reduction.

Like VW’s MQB kit, CMF should be able to underpin a wide variety of cars, The FF-L platform that underpins the Altima, Maxima and Murano is a bit long in the tooth, and there’s no reason why CMF couldn’t be adapted for these purposes.

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CelticPete on Jun 20, 2013

When I read Nissan I just think "more CVTs". I hope the modular stuff doesn't work for them and they go out of business. The Altima is on my list for the worst rental car I ever rented. As for JD power - that list is stupid anyway. Initial quality? Huh. Most cars have like 100 things wrong with them according to that stupid list but funny the new cars I have had were just fine. Seriously. Oh wait I went to the link. It's even dumber then I thought. New cars have so few things wrong with them it focuses on 'design' flaws not actual problems. Haha. So basically we know Porsche and Audi have the biggest fanboys buying them. As much as I dislike Nissan outside of their lousy CVTs the cars are reliable enough for any more person who does like drive off curbs at 40mph or ignore the low oil light..

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Edjose17 on Sep 29, 2013

FF-L Platform is no longer used in current gen Maxima, Altima or Murano. It was replaced in 2007 by Nissan D platform. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_D_platform

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