Mercedes-Benz exec denies plan to make use of BMW engines

Markus Schaefer, chief expertise officer at Mercedes-Benz, has denied experiences the automaker plans to make use of four-cylinder engines from luxurious rival BMW.

Reviews emerged from Europe on the finish of August indicating Mercedes-Benz was in excessive stage talks with BMW to make use of its next-generation 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine.

The BMW engine was to reportedly function a substitute for the 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder used within the CLA, GLA and GLB. It could even be employed in plug-in hybrid variants of the C- and E-Class lineups.

Underneath this plan, the primary BMW engines would then begin getting into the Mercedes-Benz in 2027, and would assist each firms to cut back growth prices and enhance economies of scale at a time when all legacy automakers are grappling with how you can method electrification.

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When requested on the current Munich motor present about any plans to share engines with BMW, Mr Schaefer informed Motor1 unequivocally: ‘There isn’t any reality to this. We now have developed our personal new household of modular engines [FAME] which covers all displacements, and are already compliant with EU7, China 7, and US rules.”

The FAME household was first launched 4 years in the past, and can type the premise of the corporate’s four-, six-, eight- and twelve-cylinder engines.

Mr Schaefer confirmed the corporate’s new high-performance V8 is nearing completion, and V12 engines stay a part of the automaker’s planning.

Whereas Mercedes-Benz utilizing BMW engines is, seemingly, a no-go for now, the automaker does make use of engines co-developed with different producers. Most notably a few of its transverse four-cylinder engines have been designed with the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, with some even constructed by Horse, Renault’s engine three way partnership with Geely.