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Originally Posted by JSH
That is what they are doing with the Spark and Sonic - at least for now.
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Even though the Sonic had been phased out basically everywhere else, the Spark may still soldier on for a while.
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However keeping an old platform cost money too. You lose economy of scale as other vehicles move to new platform which increases piece prices for the old vehicle. You also lose savings that come with the new platform because every redesign includes cost savings through reduced assemble time and part design. A redesign is when the big savings come.
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Repurposing older platforms, and eventually incorporating some cost-cutting measures on their manufacturing, used to be quite common in Latin America.