Another interesting automotive marriage is Daimler and SsangYong. Their large sedan is based on the W124 under license from Daimler, complete with an M104 under the hood. When I was in Korea, I had a chance to actually look under the hood of one. It was a bit bizarre... there was an M104 without any sign of the three pointed star or a Bosch logo. Otherwise it looked just like the engine in my 95 E320.
Some of them look oddly like a W140: http://images.jaimekop.com/2007_03_31_Korea/pages/Korea019.htm Newer models still use the M104, but also the M113 V8. They even use a similar internal chassis identifier... the latest model is called a W200. Jaime On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Curt Raymond <[email protected]> wrote: > My first car was an '84 Ford Tempo, feel free to roll your eyes but as far > as really cheap cars go it was pretty okay. > Mine had a 4spd manual and 2.3l 4cyl which I understand was built in > conjunction with Mazda as many small Ford's of the period were. It was > actually a really good engine... > > "Real" car makers understand the complexities of globalization and realize > that sometimes it makes more sense to pay somebody else to manufacture > something for you, especially when its a low end product and doing so > allows you to focus on higher end product. > > -Curt > > Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:02:43 -0800 (PST) > From: Dimitri Seretakis <[email protected]> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Nissan engines in new C class? > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Well that's great that you're open minded. I'm not when it comes to these > things. A serious manufacturer makes it's own engines. Mercedes has gone > down a declining path of no return. It's really too bad. > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
