This Week:

• BMW ends speculations about C1 successor
  .
• Mitsubishi Motors Reveals Name of Soon to Be Launched S.U.V.
  .
• GM Joins Japanese Fuel Cell Program
  .
• Quality Puts Chrysler Group Vehicles on Top of Consumer Survey
  .
• The BMW Group and PSA Peugeot Citroën join forces to develop and produce a new family of gasoline engines
  .
• Toyota and Mexico's Ministry of Environment Announce Agreement for 'Green' Prius Demo Program in Mexico
  .. .
• Honda Introduces The All-New HHT25S LTA Trimmer
  .
• Ford Motor Company Names Hazel To Head Lincoln Mercury
  .
• DaimlerChrysler: Significant Improvement in Second Quarter Earnings Despite Difficult Market Conditions
  .
• The BMW Z3 roadster makes its mark in film and company history
  .

© 1998 - 2002 Copyright & 
Disclaimer
Automotive Intelligence,
www.autointell.com
All Rights Reserved .
For questions please contact
editor@autointell.com  

News of July 24, 2002

The BMW Group and PSA Peugeot Citroën join forces to develop and produce a new family of gasoline engines

Munich - The BMW Group and PSA Peugeot Citroën have announced today that they have joined forces to develop and manufacture a new family of small gasoline engines. Peugeot, Citroën and future variants of MINI vehicles will be equipped with engines out of this cooperation project. The engine will benefit from the latest technologies.

The BMW Group R&D department will be in charge of designing the engines, and the common project team will be based in Munich. PSA Peugeot Citroën will manage process development, engineering for production as well as procurement. The production capacity will meet the future needs of Peugeot, Citroën and MINI vehicles and could reach up to 1,000,000 units a year.

The cooperation, which calls for both expertise in automotive technologies and the ability to manage large-scale production, is expected to generate economies of scale and meet both partners' segment specific gasoline engine requirements.

(July 23, 2002)

[Homepage] [ News] [ Companies] [ Management] [ Publications] [ Events] [ Careers]
[Services] [Discussion] [ Guestbook] [ Search]