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Originally Posted by Moppie
For example mid size sedan's and hatchbacks are built on only a very small number of different platforms.
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Have you driven both the Mazda2 and the Fiesta? They're very different cars in execution. Platforms are the most basic of elements, not the final product with different finishing touches. That's what GM did in the '70s and it almost killed them, though of course they were simultaneously meeting demands of new safety regulations, fuel economy standards (and customer demands), and emissions rules.
But I digress. Think of a platform as the foundation of a house. What one builder builds on it can be very different from what another does.