Korean_Redneck

I know that the 2.4L world engine is primarly a Hyundai design and used in the New Dodge Caliber.

the 3.3L and the 3.8L are totally Hyundai engines and not part of the World design engines.

Both Mitsubishi and Daimler Chrysler have new 3.3 L and 3.8 L engines.. DO they have any relation with Hyundai's?

Dmitry

I don't see connection between engine displacement.

For example 2.4 is used by: Audi, Chrysler, Honda, Lancia, and so on....



Hyundai 2.4 is 2351cc, Chrysler is 2429cc, so it's obviously different engines.

Korean_Redneck

NO, the New Dodge Caliber uses the Hyundai 2.4L engine.

Dmitry

hmm.... Hyundai rocks! cool.gif

REDZMAN

Have you done any searching for the World Engine project on Google? I did a report on it last year, some VERY impressive stuff they are doing, like a intake plenum that adjusts the size of the intake runner ports depending on RPM and such, Phenolic Intake Manifolds, neat neat neat.

Very cool project.

http://www.allpar.com/mopar/world-engine.html

http://www.worldcarfans.com/news.cfm/newsi...ld-engine-plant

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005...odge_cali.html

KayJai

Yeah, it's the Sonata 4Cyl Engine

Korean_Redneck

Yeah I read those already.. also read this..



A high-caliber Korean engine



New Dodge vehicle will use Hyundai's technology


January 14, 2006 ã…¡ For the first time, a foreign-made vehicle with a domestically-developed engine will be imported. The crossover utility vehicle, which used an engine developed by Hyundai Motor Co., Korea's leading automobile manufacturer, will be introduced here in June, DaimlerChrysler Korea said yesterday.
The Dodge Caliber, which runs on the 2.4-liter "World Engine," made its first global appearance during the Detroit Motor Show 2006 earlier this week. The first sales of the Caliber in the U.S. market will be in April, two months ahead of its introduction to the Korean market.
The 2.4-liter engine installed on the crossover utility vehicle is said to have up to 170 horsepower and is 5 percent more energy efficient.
In July of 2002, DaimlerChrysler AG, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Hyundai Motor jointly established what is called the Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance (GEMA).
The alliance, with its headquarters in Dundee, Michigan, runs a "World Engine" program that has produced a family of world-class four-cylinder engines, including Hyundai Motor's 2.4-liter engine.
The engines have been in production since late last year, and are manufactured at two plants in Dundee, two in Korea and one in Japan.
In exchange for providing the four-cylinder engine, Hyundai Motor received 70 billion won ($72 million) in royalties from Chrysler.
DaimlerChrysler, which was focusing on the development of engines for large vehicles, decided in 2002 to purchase Hyundai Motor technology instead of independently developing engines smaller than 2.5 liters.
"Chrysler informed us last year that it would launch a vehicle that uses the Hyundai Motor engine," a Hyundai Motor employee said.
The Caliber is a four-door hatchback vehicle targeting customers in their 20s and 30s.
The vehicle, which combines the best points of sport utility vehicles and passenger vehicles, features a larger compartment space and more comfort when driving. It is considered to be the future design of leisure vehicles.
Kia Motors Corp., an affiliate of Hyundai Motor, plans to introduce a crossover sport utility vehicle in March.