I see BMW are going to fit Peugeot engines in the next Mini which is to be launched in 2006.
One questions how much further they are prepared to lower their technical integrity to achieve ever higher profit margins in order to appease their company accountants.
www.autocarmagazine.co.uk/news_article.asp?na_id=2...0
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I see BMW are going to fit Peugeot engines in the next Mini which is to be launched in 2006.
No they ain't, at least not in the sense you suggest.
The article talks of "16-valve 1.4- and 1.6-litre four-cylinder powerplants engineered in a joint venture between BMW and Peugeot"
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Better surely than the currently fitted brazilian built Chrysler engine?
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Theres nothing wrong with Peugeot engines, What about the new Jag S type V6 2.7 twin turbo diesel? Thats a fitted with a Peugeot engine!
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I've read a lot about this, I don't think a Peugeot/Citroen engine would be such a bad idea. The one in ours, the Brazillian seems to work pretty welll though and I like the idea that it's chain cam.
And don't forget that that MINI One D comes with a Toyota D4D engine and that seems to work pretty well.
On another Mini note, how about a MINI limo? I don't think it's a Photoshop job, not the sort of thing this site would show.
www.mini2.com/news/news255.html
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Lee
MINI adventure in progress
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Theres nothing wrong with Peugeot engines, What about the new Jag S type V6 2.7 twin turbo diesel? Thats a fitted with a Peugeot engine!
Jointly developed with Ford actually, that's why it's in the Jag because Ford own Jag.
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... and I was reading somewhere the other day that this engine will soon appear in certain Volvos as well because, you've guessed it, Ford own Volvo as well...
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Ford are already using Peugeot HDI engines in the diesel Fiesta.
The salesperson trying to sell me one kept on about the brilliant Ford diesel engine, Untill I let on I knew it was a borrowed Peugeot lump.
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I believe that the Orion I once had would have been powered by a Ford diesel, I certainly prefer the Peugeots we've got now.
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>Better surely than the currently fitted brazilian built Chrysler engine?
Tritec in Curitiba was actually set up as a joint venture between Chrysler & BMW. - which irritated Mercedes somewhat.
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I'd prefer a new engine though, I don't think the current one has enough vivacity - and if the CVT somehow disappeared around the same time, I promise not to sob....
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"One questions how much further they are prepared to lower their technical integrity to achieve ever higher profit margins in order to appease their company accountants."
Ahem, it was never their technical integrity to begin with. Also, the problem with the company accountants is they would naturally be concerned if a big selling car like the MINI didn't generate some profits.
It is, well, some profits but only because the development costs were written off. BMW have also said that the replacement replacement MINI will be a lot cheaper to make so lets work it out about the current one.
As for opting for a smaller, lighter engine to place the Tritec. I'm keeping my mouth shut.
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PSA (Peugeot/Citroen) has been developing and producing (in their millions) some of the best and most admired diesel engines on the planet for a long, long time.
Inter-relationships between the world's car manufacturers is far, far more prevalent than you may ever realise.
It's the same with computer components and peripherals - no one company can manufacture all its own products so it rebrands those of others under its own name.
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The development between PSA and Ford will soon develop further IMO. If costs were a 50/50 split between Ford and PSA, then the costs for powertrain development was 50% cheaper than if they developed on there own. Why not get another big player along (Benz?) and split it 3 ways. Then another....etc.
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DaimlerChrysler,Hyundai/Kia & Mitsubishi are producing engines together soon, its called GEMA (Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance) and the cost saving is said to be massive.
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