0% Finance on all new cars! No catches.Offer starts 30th July 2008. Text Box: Fiat—BMW Butterfly will take a few years to fly Luca Ciferri—Automotive News Europe TURIN—Fiat and BMW have been studying a cooperation code named Butterfly since late 2007, but, if the plan goes ahead, first applications will be years away. “Significant savings for BMW and fiat could kick in by 2011 or 2012,” said Jens Schattner, auto analyst at Oppenheim Research in Frankfurt. That when Schattner expects vehicles with common parts to into production. BMW and Fiat announced earlier this month that they are examining the joint use of components and systems for Minis and Alfa Romeos. “The focus will be on the sharing of systems and components,” said Wolfgang Armbrecht, Mini’s brand boss. Using Fiat’s new C-Evo platform for a larger Mini to debut about 2015. Alfa’s 147 replacement will be the first car to use the new platform next year. The use of Fiat parts or even a Fiat platform for the next Mini, and cooperation on gasoline and diesel engines. We expect BMW and Fiat could save €150 million to €200 million each on the investment side alone, plus additional savings on annual production costs,” said Paolo Mosole, an analyst at Intermonte in Milan.