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Mercedes, goodbye to 1.5 dCi turbodiesel Renault – Auto World

Relations between Renault and Daimler have not been idyllic for some time and the last proof is given disagreement in the technological and industrial marriage between the two automotive groups. The news of the abandonment by Mercedes of the 1.5 dCi diesel engine of Franco-Japanese origin. A radical change of course in the supply programs that affects the models Class A, Class B, CLA and GLA identified by the initials 180 d and which confirms the state of “crisis” between the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance and the German Group.

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According to some influential automotive media, this is the prelude to what could soon be one complete separation of industrial and technological development programs which until now had seen the collaboration of the two companies. The well-known 1.5 dCi turbodiesel engine of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi group, which had landed under the hoods of the compact models of Mercedes in 2012, will be replaced by a larger two-liter entirely designed and built in Germany.

The power of 116 CV it will remain identical to the Renault engine, compared to which the German engine will have, however, by virtue of the greater cubature a larger couple (280 Nm vs 260 Nm). The engine change is accompanied by a transmission modification: the old 6-speed automatic transmission of the Franco-Japanese Alliance leaves the scene, replaced by a more modern 8-speed. The only drawback of the new Mercedes heart will be the CO2 emissions (between 129 and 146 g / km), higher than those of the Franco-Japanese engine (between 115 and 134 g / km): a rumor that, in France, will involve for the new Mercedes 180 it gives a penalty of 330 euros that previously did not pay.

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