Shared components???

[dan19evans]

poing said:

8400rpm said:

Ferrari 550 and DC2 Integra Type-Rs have the same steering wheel.






Also the RS200 had Sierra doors, but I can't be arsed to find pictures, sorry.

They don't look the same to me, similar but not the same wheel.

i think he means the RS200 has Sierra rear lights

[poing]

dan19evans said:

poing said:

8400rpm said:

Ferrari 550 and DC2 Integra Type-Rs have the same steering wheel.






Also the RS200 had Sierra doors, but I can't be arsed to find pictures, sorry.

They don't look the same to me, similar but not the same wheel.

i think he means the RS200 has Sierra rear lights

Oops forgot he mentioned 2 things, I was referring to the steering wheels

[Mark-C]

euroboy said:

Did you notice that there is a 323 in the image of the Aston?

Good call ...

Pistonheads - eyesight matters :-)

[GKP]

Benmac said:

LuS1fer said:

and I believe the later FWD Elan used Corolla rear lights.

Nope, they're from the Renault Alpine. As it happens the M100 Elan (and the Esprit of that period) share sidelight and indicator lenses with the Mclaren F1.

The Spooner/Stevens restyle of the Esprit in 87 used the Toyota rear lights. As for the 1989 onwards M100 and their front marker lights, it's the other way round - the F1 uses Lotus parts.

[GKP]

anonymous said:

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The Alpine GTA was from 1986, the Elan 1989.

[GKP]

anonymous said:

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Early/mid 80s. But the lights weren't used on the Elan or Alpine, but on the Spooner/Stevens Esprit re-style from 1987.
Some confusion going on here, good job there's anoraky types to help out.

[Aviz]

Reliant SS1




Door handles from an SD1

Edited by Aviz on Tuesday 22 June 08:10

[Aviz]

Not strictly a car .

[Aviz]

Porsche 911 (964) shares side repeaters with mk2 golf and most other mid to late 80's vws.

[Whitean3]

Damn! Beaten to the Bova Coach/McLaren F1 rear lights by Aviz...

Those Citroen CX door mirrors were used on a lot of cars- they are a great, aerodynamic design- on TVRs, Marcos' and other small manufacturers.

A lot of italian exotics use the Alfa 33 airvents...

[Mr Gear]

Why do so many vehicles share lights? Are they really so expensive to develop?

[GKP]

Designing the lights isn't expensive, making sure they are Type Approved is. Certainly prohibitive and a pointless expense for a low volume seller.

[8400rpm]

poing said:

dan19evans said:

poing said:

8400rpm said:

Ferrari 550 and DC2 Integra Type-Rs have the same steering wheel.






Also the RS200 had Sierra doors, but I can't be arsed to find pictures, sorry.

They don't look the same to me, similar but not the same wheel.

i think he means the RS200 has Sierra rear lights

Oops forgot he mentioned 2 things, I was referring to the steering wheels

It is essentially the same Momo wheel, it has a different logo in the centre and the leather is stitched differently. That's kind of splitting hairs though.

[plg]

Mr Gear said:

Why do so many vehicles share lights? Are they really so expensive to develop?

The point is for a low volume manufacturer - or even a high volume manufacturer - why bother? If you can buy a perfectly usable, type approved part from a catalogue... saves valuable development money on the things that make it go fast/reliably?

[Mr Gear]

plg said:

Mr Gear said:

Why do so many vehicles share lights? Are they really so expensive to develop?

The point is for a low volume manufacturer - or even a high volume manufacturer - why bother? If you can buy a perfectly usable, type approved part from a catalogue... saves valuable development money on the things that make it go fast/reliably?

I guess it's only nerds like me that notice anyway.

[sean19]

I cant find decent enough pictures but Im sure early Chimaera (pre97) had Fiesta MK3 rear lights albeit behind smoked glass.

[nsmith1180]

The main reason you dont find people like Vauxhall and Ford doing it is that off the shelf parts dont fit the "design language". for a super/hyper/ubercar manufacturer, its not as much of an issue, there language is QUICK, not fluid or kenetic or whatever other stupid buzzwords are out there now.

Im waiting to see Kia Picanto lights on a supercar now! Its going to happen!

[Trommel]

[poing]

8400rpm said:

poing said:

dan19evans said:

poing said:

8400rpm said:

Ferrari 550 and DC2 Integra Type-Rs have the same steering wheel.






Also the RS200 had Sierra doors, but I can't be arsed to find pictures, sorry.

They don't look the same to me, similar but not the same wheel.

i think he means the RS200 has Sierra rear lights

Oops forgot he mentioned 2 things, I was referring to the steering wheels

It is essentially the same Momo wheel, it has a different logo in the centre and the leather is stitched differently. That's kind of splitting hairs though.

Jeans from George at Asda as essentially the same as jeans from Levi's, just stitched differently with a different logo

[Streetrod]

How about the R8 and the Gallardo, un-identical twins underneath, check out the gearbox in the back of this R8:





This component sharing can seen thoughtout both cars. The only difference is that if you buy one of the bits from Lambo it will cost you 30% - 40% more than if you bought the same part from Audi, go figure