MB & VW Combine

[gary350]

Mercedes and VW combine to share diesel technology.

http://www.whatcar.com/news-article.aspx?NA=223149

gary

 

[janner]

Maybe some Skoda quality control will improve MBs image?

Never thought I'd say that

 

[BTB 500]

Interesting given that M-B and VW have gone in different directions (CDI and PD, respectively) up till now.

 

[219]

They've done it before : the first post war Audi , released in the early 1960's , was a collaboration between Mercedes & VW - body was made by VW and engine taken from the W110 .

Of course , back then , Mercedes owned the Audi name and sold it to VW .

It was a big success , just look at Audi now .

 

[Shude]

They've done it before : the first post war Audi , released in the early 1960's , was a collaboration between Mercedes & VW - body was made by VW and engine taken from the W110 .

Of course , back then , Mercedes owned the Audi name and sold it to VW .

It was a big success , just look at Audi now .

The V280 petrol uses a 2.8 VW VR6 engine IIRC

 

[BTB 500]

The V280 petrol uses a 2.8 VW VR6 engine IIRC

It does (did ), but M-B never got the newer 204 bhp V6 that's in my Sharan (IIRC the old VR6 was 174 bhp).

 

[219]

It does (did ), but M-B never got the newer 204 bhp V6 that's in my Sharan (IIRC the old VR6 was 174 bhp).

Ungrateful Upstarts that they are !

After all , WE started them off in the first place . The original VW prototype was built by Mercedes-Benz in the 1930's and designed by a certain Dr. Porsche who at that time was one of OUR engineers.

Seems to me that VW owe us .....

 

[BTB 500]

Yup and the hefty V class could certainly have done with the extra power

 

[gary350]

They've done it before : the first post war Audi , released in the early 1960's , was a collaboration between Mercedes & VW - body was made by VW and engine taken from the W110 .

Of course , back then , Mercedes owned the Audi name and sold it to VW .

It was a big success , just look at Audi now .

MB became major shareholder in Auto Union in 1958 sold it on to VW in 1962, I was in Germany just after that and there were loads of Auto Union then, they could shift. Bought a new Audi 100 in 1972 nice car but got wiped out by a French Juggernaut one year later. I could adjust the tappets in 10 mins, those were the days

gary