Fiat and BMW will cooperate to develop a new platform for small cars, supplier sources said.
The platform will underpin the next Fiat Grande Punto and BMW's third-generation Mini. Both cars are due early in the next decade.
The two companies are also considering developing a new family of gasoline and diesel engines, sources told Automotive News Europe.
Fiat Group CEO Sergio Marchionne said today that the carmaker will announce a cooperation agreement with another automaker tomorrow.
"Most likely it will be in the car business," Marchionne said on the sidelines of the press introduction of the 500 Abarth model here.
Marchionne did not give any more details on the cooperation.
But supplier sources familiar with the matter told ANE that Fiat and BMW will cooperate on a new small-car platform.
Fiat already has industrial alliances with other carmakers including PSA/Peugeot-Citroen, Suzuki and Tata.
BMW cooperates in Europe with PSA on engine production and the company has a joint venture in China with Brilliance.
Automakers increasingly are cooperating with competitors to reduce investments costs for new models.
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