Addendum:

>>> It remains to be seen if any MPC5xxx processors will be produced in
>>> the future but seeing as the entire division at Freescale was
>>> disbanded and now most of the engineers are working on i.MX or at
>>> other companies.. and Freescale's PPC product group focusses on
>>> network and imaging processors rather than automotive..

>> http://media.freescale.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=196520&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1338824
>> http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC564xL

> And another one:
> https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7014&forum=11

Looking at page 42 of the following April 2010 document, I stand by my assessment that Freescale is not going to replace Power Architecture by i.MX products in the domain of automotive except for telematics and infotainment:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.freescale.com/files/training/doc/FREESCALE_COMPANY_OVERVIEW.pdf

Or there (page 5, June 2010):

http://www.freescale.com/files/ftf_2010/Americas/WBNR_FTF10_AUT_F0814_PDF.pdf

In the following April 2010 document i.MX is not even mentioned before page 28 ("DIS and Infotainment"), and even there the MPC51xx/55xx/56xx are still listed (except for page 30):

http://www.freescale.com/files/microcontrollers/doc/brochure/BRAUTOSOL.pdf

Edit: Changed link to Freescale company overview PDF to Google cache because document is no more.

[ Edited by Andreas_Wolf on 2011/1/3 22:09 ]