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XLV Truck Cab - Designed for Low Volume Production Overseas
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Abstract
United States automotive manufacturers, to maintain their pre-eminent position in world motor vehicle production, must expand their operations overseas.
Tooling amortization expenses for the highly sophisticated domestic models are exorbitant because of low production volumes overseas. Therefore, it has been desirable to develop a vehicle which can be easily manufactured overseas for minimum capital expenditures.
Chrysler International’s XLV truck cab has been styled, designed, and processed for low volume production overseas. This paper deals with the XLV program -- from the original idea to production in Turkey.