BMW and PSA signed Agreement on further Development of 4-Cylinder Petrol Engine


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BMW Group and PSA Peuget Citroën signed Agreement on further Development of 4-Cylinder Petrol Engine

* 02.02.2010
* Press Release


Paris. The BMW Group and PSA Peugeot Citroën will continue their successful engine collaboration. An agreement to that effect was signed by Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, and Philippe Varin, Chairman of the Managing Board of PSA Peugeot Citroën, in Paris.

The two companies have agreed to develop the next generation of the jointly designed 4-cylinder petrol engine which will meet EU 6 requirements. Currently, the engine is being used in several MINI, Peugeot and Citroën brand models.

The partners have also confirmed to examine other possible areas for cooperation at systems and component level, with the aim of leveraging synergies in the development, production and procurement of selected components.

“We have always been very successful in our cooperation with our partners, and that is particularly true with regard to PSA. We are delighted to continue our engine cooperation and look into options for further collaboration.” said Reithofer.

PSA Peugeot Citroën’s Chairman of the Managing Board Varin declared “this new agreement with BMW is confirming the success of the cooperation between our two companies which has produced 1.3 million engines since 2006. I am confident that the next generation of jointly developed engines will reach the same success as the current generation”.

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These engines could be great! However, I hope the next generation will have huge improvements in quality...
 
Are you having problems with you Cooper S block Dunkel?

Press Release said:
“We have always been very successful in our cooperation with our partners, and that is particularly true with regard to PSA. We are delighted to continue our engine cooperation and look into options for further collaboration.” said Reithofer.


GM will not agree :D
 
IIRC they plan to launch an extensive 3 cyl engines lineup for the next 1, and i doubt in that case the mini will stay with 4, does that means that these engines are for the 1er & 3er as well ??
 
Those new 3 cylinder and 4 cylinder engines are exclusively for BMW themselves I believe. This PSA deal is for the Mini side of things...
 
Are you having problems with you Cooper S block Dunkel?

No problem yet, knock on wood, but I'm quite involved in the Swedish MINI club and there are several members that have had a lot of trouble with the chain tensioner. BMW insists there is no trouble but have started to exchange the tensioner with revised versions but there is still no definite solution. I don't think BMW have cheap enough solution and that they will not provide a final fix, not this far into the cycle.

That is why some of us are concerned...
 

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