Chrysler will invest $179 million in the Dundee, Michigan plant it formerly shared with Mitsubishi and Hyundai in the Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance which was dissolved earlier this year. The funding will be used to covert production to building Fiat’s 1.4-liter, four-cylinder engines. The plant is expected to produce about 250,000 engines each year and [...]
By 2014, Chrysler could have a V6 engine pushing out over 400 horsepower, according to charts in the five year plan. A three-liter version of the Pentastar V6 with dual turbochargers is charted out in the plan at around 425 horsepower, the same as the old 426 Hemi V8 and similar to the current 6.1 [...]
Though powertrains have long been considered one of Chrysler’s strengths, as seen in the class-leading Neon 2.0 (when it arrived), Hemi V8, and Pentastar V6, a Fiat executive has now taken over Chrysler’s Powertrain Engineering division.
Paolo Ferrero was just named Senior Vice President of Chrysler Powertrain. He will report directly to CEO Sergio Marchionne, and will [...]
Chrysler has bought the interests of Hyundai and Mitsubishi Motors and is now the sole owner of the GEMA four-cylinder engine plant in Dundee Michigan, allowing Chrysler to replace the much-criticized 1.8, 2.0, and 2.4 liter “World Engines” with advanced designs from Fiat.
Fiat has been praised by pundits and analysts alike for the engineering of [...]
The Detroit Free Press reported that Chrysler had removed the logos of former partners Hyundai and Mitsubishi from the Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance plant which makes four-cylinder engines in Dundee, Mich. While none of the three parties commented, given that Chrysler has now access to four-cylinder engines generally seen as superior, and that the original partnership [...]
The Business Journal of Milwaukee quoted Governor Jim Doyle as saying that Chrysler will not buy the Kenosha engine plant, but that Fiat will consider it for ”future opportunities within the Fiat group.” Chrysler is closing the plant, which currently builds V6 engines, in 2010, when new Phoenix engine plants go on-line.
According to the Freep, Chrysler may be planning to turbocharge a Fiat 1.8 liter four-cylinder engine to produce more torque than the company’s current 3.8 liter V6. The engine would receive direct injection and a Borg Warner turbocharger; in the Lancia Delta hatchback, it has been capable of 30 mpg.
The current Dundee plant, according to [...]
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