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BMW and Toyota Join Hands To Develop Sports Car

Ever wondered what would happen if you managed to get your hands on a car that has the engine raw power and refinement of BMW, and Toyota’s sensibility and conservativeness? Well you can set those brain cells at ease with your day dreams. Soon enough the automobile industry will see this, finer than one’s imagination, car in reality. BMW and Toyota entered in a partnership for sharing the hybrid systems along with diesel engines.

Published On Jun 30, 2012 06:06 PM By Ritesh
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On 29th June two of the best carmakers signed a deal at the BMW headquarters at Munich closing down on the projects that they would be doing together. One of the major developments and the most exciting news that this decision has resulted to is, jointly the companies will bring in a sports car with fuel cell, powertrain electrification and lightweight technologies.

Though right now no further details on the sports car have been disclosed, the thought of BMW’s class and tuning along with Toyota’s marvelous engineering is intriguing enough. The other areas where BMW and Toyota will work together are Fuel cell development, powertrain electrification and light weight technology. Commenting on this signing, Norbert Reithofer, BMW board member said that this joint venture will strengthen the position and bring out more sustainable future technologies.

On the other hand, Akio Toyoda, the president of Toyota Motor Corporation seemed very excited about this joint venture and stated that, with this both the companies will be able to stand true to their goal of delivering better cars every time. Including both the companies, the automobile industry, media and aficionados, all are looking forward to what this partnership will result to.

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Having worked as an Auto Journalist for the past 5 years, Ritesh is keenly passionate about digging more on automobiles and things related. His journey as a journalist so far consists of different profiles that helped him groom on various platforms within the automobiles industry. He kept rolling on technical experience during his career as a Road Test Editor, which finally took him to a level where he turned to be an Editor-in-Chief of CarDekho.com, India's no. #1 automotive giant. 

Another side of his creative life is easily visible the photography that he carries out in order to serve the CarDekho news readers with the latest and natural pictures of newly launched cars. Additionally, he is the one who foresees all auto news articles that are to be published making it sure that CarDekho readers get the latest and the best automotive news first. "Life is a highway, keep driving", Says Ritesh.

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