TDIMeister
Phd of TDIClub Enthusiast, Moderator at Large
Link.
17th December 2004
A new Euro 4-compliant 224 bhp V6 diesel will replace Mercedes’ in-line five- and six-cylinder engines from spring 2005. It will boast a maximum torque of 510 Newton metres available from 1,600 rpm. Mercedes-Benz will offer the V6 engine with a particulate filter as an option in the UK.
At 208 kg the new engine is very slightly heavier than the previous five-cylinder engine, but its power-to-weight ratio has increased by more than 20 per cent to 1.08 hp/kg. Newly developed piezo injectors operate much more rapidly and precisely than the previous engines’ solenoid valves, making five injections per power stroke possible, at a peak pressure of up to 1600 bar.
- DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler Group expects to save $100 million a year by building four-cylinder engines in its Global Engine Alliance with Mitsubishi Motors and Hyundai at two plants in Michigan, Chrysler announced on 16 December. The "world engine" project, which will yield 2 million engines a year from five plants in South Korea, Japan and the USA.
17th December 2004
A new Euro 4-compliant 224 bhp V6 diesel will replace Mercedes’ in-line five- and six-cylinder engines from spring 2005. It will boast a maximum torque of 510 Newton metres available from 1,600 rpm. Mercedes-Benz will offer the V6 engine with a particulate filter as an option in the UK.
At 208 kg the new engine is very slightly heavier than the previous five-cylinder engine, but its power-to-weight ratio has increased by more than 20 per cent to 1.08 hp/kg. Newly developed piezo injectors operate much more rapidly and precisely than the previous engines’ solenoid valves, making five injections per power stroke possible, at a peak pressure of up to 1600 bar.
- DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler Group expects to save $100 million a year by building four-cylinder engines in its Global Engine Alliance with Mitsubishi Motors and Hyundai at two plants in Michigan, Chrysler announced on 16 December. The "world engine" project, which will yield 2 million engines a year from five plants in South Korea, Japan and the USA.