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Mercedes and Renault-Nissan to Develop New 4-Cylinder Turbo Engine, Share Auto Transmission
On the sidelines of the ongoing 2012 Paris Auto Show, partners Daimler, owner of the Mercedes-Benz and Smart brands, and the Renault-Nissan Alliance, confirmed plans to collaborate on two more powertrain projects, including a petrol engine and an automatic transmission. The first project is a jointly developed 4-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine family. The direct-injection petrol unit is said to deliver significant improvement in fuel economy as well as low emissions.
The two automakers will jointly manufacture the new engines that will debut in Daimler, Renault and Nissan vehicles in 2016.
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Nissan Begins Works On New Infiniti And Mercedes-benz Engine Plant In Tennessee
Some two years after the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler joined forces, the Japanese carmaker's top brass broke ground on a new manufacturing plant in Decherd, Tennessee, that will build Mercedes-Benz four-cylinder gasoline engines for both Infiniti...
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Renault To Build A New Luxury Model Based On A Mercedes Platform
The Renault-Nissan Alliance is deepening its ties with Daimler and the Mercedes-Benz brand. The two groups, which have already moved ahead with a multitude of joint projects such as the upcoming Renault-based Mercedes Citan van, the production of Mercedes...
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Mercedes-benz And Nissan Join Forces To Build 4-cylinder Engines In The Usa
Back in April of 2010, Daimler, Mercedes-Benz's parent company, and the Renault-Nissan Alliance announced a broad strategic cooperation in which the two companies exchanged a 3.1 percent stake with each other and made plans to collaborate on several...
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Daimler And Renault-nissan Alliance Tie The Knot: Infiniti Gets Mercedes-benz Engines
In the latest sign of auto industry marriages, Mercedes-Benz' parent company Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance made their relationship official today at a news conference in Brussels, Belgium. The two groups announced a broad strategic cooperation...
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Nissan To Launch Diesel Powered X-trail Suv In Japan In 2008
Nissan is due to become the first Japanese carmaker in more than a decade to offer a diesel powered passenger car to the domestic market as it announced its plans to launch a new clean diesel engine for use in the X-Trail SUV in the fall of 2008. In Europe...
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