Welcome to the latest craze in global automaking: cost sharing.
At a moment when the wobbly world economy is starting to look promising, automakers are partnering up like frugal friends splitting a lunch check.
General Motors last week announced a partnership with PSA Peugeot Citroen, taking a token 7 percent share of the French company to create an arrangement that looks strikingly similar to the Renault-Nissan Alliance.
In a move sure to be the talk of this week's Geneva auto show press days, the industry trend opens speculation about automakers without global cost-sharing partners, including Ford Motor Co., Suzuki Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp.
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