30th October, 2005
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and Smart gmbh, a 100 percent owned
subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler AG, have signed an agreement on engine supply. MMC
will supply an engine of the same type as the turbo-charged engine to be used in
i, MMC's new minicar due for launch in Japan in January 2006.
The engine will be further developed for use in Smart's Fort Wo
successor model, which will be released in 2007.
MMC and DaimlerChrysler have been cooperating on various win-win projects in
recent years. They generate
substantial synergy effects for each partner and this engine supply agreement is
another part of this cooperative relationship.
The engines to be supplied are the natural aspirated and turbo-charged
engines based on the engine developed for i and will be produced at MMC's
powertrain production facility in Mizushima, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
Japan's 2006 Mitsubishi i
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