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I don't think so -- in theory parts-bin sharing should help drive the per-component price down and allow for a well-engineered design to be used.
But it may be problematic when the parts are part of the visual design. The steering wheel in this example is a good example -- a steering wheel is a steering wheel for the most part. Get a good looking and feeling design, and all you should have to change is the center hub/airbag cover for it to fit in almost any interior. Another example would be a headlight -- I remember the '86 Taurus' headlights were used on on a big rig -- and fit right in because the big-rig fender was designed to accept them. If you're not careful and just throw in the part, you could have problems -- for example the typical GM "tall slot" radio design from the mid 90s was used in almost all their products -- in some it looked good, others it did not fit the rest of the dash design...
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