raspy
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@A.J. I don't know what they mean by inflated version eitherCurrently on the interweb :-
"Mercedes will completely give up Renault engines. As early as last month, the A-Class was the latest compact model from Mercedes to abandon Renault’s 1.5-litre diesel in favour of an inflated version of its own 2-litre OM654q diesel with the same power as the former 1.5 dCi , of 116 CP"
Don't know what they mean by 'Inflated version'
Regarding giving up Renault engines, that's because they have shifted from the alliance with Renault-Nissan to an alliance with Geely of China.
"As expected, Mercedes gave up the partnership with Renault-Nissan in favor of Geely, the main objective being cooperation for a new generation of 4-cylinder engines to be used in the future by Mercedes, Geely and Volvo.
Although it was expected that Mercedes would give up the partnership with Renault-Nissan, this is still surprising. Geely is currently Daimler’s largest shareholder, with a $ 9 billion investment in Daimler (9,69% of shares)"
On the other hand, the partnership with Renault-Nissan has had more failures than successes.
– Mercedes X-Class based on Nissan Navara basis was taken out of production after only two years due to poor sales.
– The Mercedes Citan built on the Renault Kangoo basis was a failure especially on the Euro NCAP test.
– The development of the smart fortwo / forfour together with Renault Twingo failed to lead to the profitability of the smart brand that ended up being moved to China.
– The small-displacement engines taken over from Renault and adapted by Mercedes did not rise to Mercedes standards, at least in case of 1.5 dCi diesel.
Instead, the 1.33-liter turbo gasoline engine was quite well received in the compact class, being practically the only notable achievement of the partnership between the two carmakers from Mercedes point of view.
Compared to the partnership with Renault-Nissan in which Mercedes only adapted the Renault engines to its requirements, in the case of the partnership with Geely, Mercedes will deal directly and exclusively with the development of the new generation of in-line 4-cylinder engines. This means that Mercedes will be able to offer small displacements engines to its standards without any compromise."
"In the future, Mercedes will also give up the petrol engines made with Renault and the Mercedes A-Class facelift will use the new 4-cylinder engines produced in China by Geely and developed by Mercedes."