SMART: MITSUBISHI ENGINES

[BIZ: Taipei, October 18]
Mitsubishi Motors is to start supplying fuel-efficient gasoline engines to DaimlerChrysler of Germany for its Smart compact cars. Mitsubishi will supply the engines to DaimlerChrysler next year for its next-generation Smart "fortwo" vehicles, the company said, but declined to comment on the exact number of engines to be supplied.

The engines will be the same type as Mitsubishi Motors plans to install in its own new small car, the "i," to be released in January, it said. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun earlier reported that Mitsubishi was expected to supply 80,000 to 100,000 engines annually to DaimlerChrysler, which ended its financial support for the Japanese automaker in April last year. Mitsubishi will begin producing the engines at its Mizushima facility in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, at the end of this year, the business daily said, without citing sources.
(Source:Taipei Times)
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