American cars with European engines

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 06/03/2015 at 18:38 • Filed to: European engines

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Didn’t think there were any? Think again. No, it’s not a complete list because couldn’t be bothered. I could have gone back to the diesel Thunderbird.

Jeep Grand Cherokee diesel

Anything with the Ford Cologne engine which was made in.......Cologne. So:

Ford Ranger

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Ford Explorer

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Ford Mustang

CB > Cé hé sin 06/03/2015 at 19:03

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1st gen Jeep Liberty Diesel had Fiat diesels (VM Motori), apparently. The Crossfire came with Mercedes-Benz engines. Those are my contributions.

duurtlang > Cé hé sin 06/03/2015 at 19:06

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Buick Mokka/Verano/Regal/Cascada and anything else with a 4 cylinder Ecotec GM engine.

Hell, now that I think of it, my ‘13 Focus (manual, wagon, diesel) company car has a Peugeot engine in it. You could argue it’s not an American car, but the badge sure is.

LuczOr > Cé hé sin 06/03/2015 at 19:26

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These guys both come with Detroit Diesel engines. The well informed know that Freightliner/Western Star/Detroit Diesel are all just part of Daimler Trucks North America and the engines “designed” at Detroit Diesel are exactly the same as the engines in the Mercedes-Benz Actros.

And consequently:

NOOOOOOOOOO, OPTIMUS!!!!!

Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull > Cé hé sin 06/03/2015 at 21:51

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Another one for you: the Pinto and I think a few others with the Kent engine. Me powering a project with a Rover doesn’t really count, but is in the spirit of this post.

MultiplaOrgasms > Cé hé sin 06/04/2015 at 10:15

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Inb4 Mark VII

Continental

Euro 300C or any euro-spec Chrysler product.

Yay more FCA

Cé hé sin > LuczOr 06/04/2015 at 10:21

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I think those Detroit Diesel engines really are designed by DD.

On the other hand Peterbilt and Kenworth use DAF MX engines badged as Paccar to keep their customers happy.

Cé hé sin > duurtlang 06/04/2015 at 10:23

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I had thought of the GM engines but as they’re made in America as well (but designed by Opel) I left them out.

LuczOr > Cé hé sin 06/04/2015 at 11:08

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They are not designed by Detroit Diesel. How do I know? I’m an engineer at Daimler Trucks North America. The engines were developed entirely in Stuttgart, Germany and DD tunes them for the North American market. They were developed in the mid 2000’s as Daimler Trucks’ global heavy duty engine. We call it the HDEP (Heavy Duty Engine Program) in house.

Same thing applies to the DT12 transmission. It’s branded as the Detroit Transmission 12, but in house we call it G-Trans because it’s the G-Trans that was developed in Germany. In fact, current orders for the G-Trans are so high that the production facility in Detroit is has 10x more demand than they can supply, so we have just been importing them from Germany to meet our sales.