Renault supplying Mercedes Benz engines??

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Thu 14 Jan 2016 19:51
Renault supplying Mercedes Benz engines?? - Galad

Extract from a public broadcasting website today re the emissions defeating scandal:

'And Germany's Daimler said diesel engines that Renault supplies for its Mercedes-Benz brand do not contain defeat devices.'

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Thu 14 Jan 2016 19:55
Renault supplying Mercedes Benz engines?? - RT

As announced in October 2014, Renault will supply 1.6 4-cyl engines to Mercedes-Benz for use in C-class and smaller models.

www.autonews.com/article/20141003/COPY01/310039980...e

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Thu 14 Jan 2016 20:37
Renault supplying Mercedes Benz engines?? - Galad

....and BMW supplies 1.6 deisel engines to Toyota. The world's gone mad!!

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Thu 14 Jan 2016 20:56
Renault supplying Mercedes Benz engines?? - RT

BMW supplied diesels to Opel/Vauxhall but then so have Peugeot, Isuzu, VM Motori and Fiat

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Thu 14 Jan 2016 22:25
Renault supplying Mercedes Benz engines?? - craig-pd130

I remember a letter in the Telegraph motoring section from a VERY disgruntled Audi driver, who was appalled at the news that his Teutonic chariot had the same engine and transmission as used in a Skoda :)

Edited by craig-pd130 on 14/01/2016 at 22:25

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Fri 15 Jan 2016 00:02
Renault supplying Mercedes Benz engines?? - Engineer Andy

Obviously a very stupid Audi owner then. I'm surprised the guy could fit in his Audi, what with his massive ego and all...and people like him wonder why non German-make car drivers don't let them onto the road from slip-ons etc...the arrogance of the man!

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Fri 15 Jan 2016 09:37
Renault supplying Mercedes Benz engines?? - movilogo

Sharing is very common nowadays among manufacturers.

This proves why paying over odds for certain marques on a good idea anymore.

Many Japanese brands borrow diesel engines from European brands. E.g. BMW -> Toyota, Fiat -> Suzuki etc.

This is because they only sell petrols in Japan and USA (mostly).

Sharing is almost universal among same group (e.g. VW, Audi, Skoda, Lambo etc.)

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Fri 15 Jan 2016 10:49
Renault supplying Mercedes Benz engines?? - DirtyDieselDogg

The epitome of technology sharing surely has to be the 2 arch rivals in North America, Ford and GM, jointly developing the next generation of Automatic transmissions!

Say Whaaaa?

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Fri 15 Jan 2016 11:57
Renault supplying Mercedes Benz engines?? - xtrailman

Even then will the auto compare to one fitted in a german car?

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Fri 15 Jan 2016 13:54
Renault supplying Mercedes Benz engines?? - RT

The epitome of technology sharing surely has to be the 2 arch rivals in North America, Ford and GM, jointly developing the next generation of Automatic transmissions!

Say Whaaaa?

Why should that be surprising?

GM have been using Aisin transmissions, part of Toyota, for decades and Ford have been using Jatco, part of Nissan, for a similar period - but Ford recently switched to using Aisin althought their Powershift DSG is a ZF transmission.

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Fri 15 Jan 2016 10:50
Renault supplying Mercedes Benz engines?? - Wackyracer

This is because they only sell petrols in Japan and USA (mostly).

Really? If you ever take the time to look at auction lists for Japanese home market only cars you'll see hundreds of diesels and these cars were never destined to leave Japan.

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Fri 15 Jan 2016 12:26
Renault supplying Mercedes Benz engines?? - SteVee

The Renault/Nissan link up with Daimler/Mercedes looks to be producing some very interesting results with the Infiniti Q30. Produced in Sunderland, I'll certainly be taking a very close look at them.

Sharing makes a lot of sense - there's a fair amount of rebadging/sharing platforms in the van world.

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