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In 1997, Chrysler Corporation and Rover Group

Rover Group

Rover Group plc was the name that was given by the British government, in 1986, to the nationalisation vehicle manufacturer British Leyland or BL....
(then a subsidiary of BMW

BMW

, is an independent German automotive industry founded in 1916. It also produces BMW Motorrad, is the owner of the MINI brand and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars....
) formed Tritec, a joint venture to design a new small straight-4

Straight-4

The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
engine for small cars. They built a factory in Curitiba, Brazil to manufacture the engine. When BMW sold Rover Group, BMW retained the stake in Tritec.

The common MINI

Mini

The Mini is a small Automobile that was produced by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered an icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers....
engine name has two meanings: It refers to the small size of the engine and the cars it would power, and also to the most notable of those cars, the MINI

Mini

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In 1997, Chrysler Corporation and Rover Group

Rover Group

Rover Group plc was the name that was given by the British government, in 1986, to the nationalisation vehicle manufacturer British Leyland or BL....
(then a subsidiary of BMW

BMW

Straight-4

Mini

The Mini is a small Automobile that was produced by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered an icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers....
. It is also called the Pentagon engine. Production began in September 1999.

It is a modern engine with an SOHC 16-valve head, electronic throttle control

Electronic throttle control

Electronic throttle control is an automobile technology which severs the mechanical link between the accelerator pedal and the throttle. Most automobiles already use a throttle position sensor to provide input to traction control system, antilock brakes, fuel injection, and other systems, but use a bowden cable to directly connect the ped...
, and meets Euro III emissions requirements. There are three current versions of the engine, 1.4 L, 1.6 L, and supercharged 1.6 L.

BMW have replaced this engine in the MINI with the new Prince engine

Prince engine

Prince is the codename for a family of modern automobile straight-4 piston engine developed jointly by BMW and PSA Peugeot Citro?n. It is a compact engine family of 1.4–1.6 L in displacement and includes most modern features including gasoline direct injection and variable valve timing....
family developed in partnership with PSA Peugeot Citroën

PSA Peugeot Citroën

PSA Peugeot Citro?n is a France automobile and motorcycle automobile manufacturer; these are sold under the Peugeot and Citro?n marques. The PSA Peugeot Citro?n is owned by Peugeot S.A....
, since Chrysler was a part of their arch-rival DaimlerChrysler

DaimlerChrysler

Daimler Aktiengesellschaft is a Germany car corporation and automaker as well as the largest truck manufacturer in the world. In addition to automobiles, Daimler manufactures trucks and provides financial services through its Daimler Financial Services arm....
. BMW's contract with Tritec expired in 2007.

In February 2006, the Chinese

China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
auto company Lifan

Lifan

Lifan is the largest individually-owned Chinese motorcycle and automobile manufacturer in Chongqing, a provincial-level Municipalities of China of the People's Republic of China....
bid to purchase the factory after 2007, when the current Tritec engine is no longer needed by BMW and Chrysler. Lifan's plan calls for moving factory tooling to China where it would produce a derivative of the Tritec engine by 2008. These engines would then be used by Lifan to begin an automobile export business to Europe and North America.

In March 2008 Fiat Powertrain Technologies announced it will buy the plant and licenses to produce Tritec engines. This investment is around 83 million euros.

1.4

The 1.4 L (1397 cc) version uses a bore

Bore

Bore may refer to:* Bore , the diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine* Bore , the interior chamber of a wind instrument* Bore , a district of Ethiopia that includes the town of Bore...
and stroke

Stroke

A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to a disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. According to the National Stroke Association, a "stroke" occurs when a blood clot blocks and artery or a blood vessel breaks, interrupting blood flow to an area of the brain....
. Like all Tritecs, it is an SOHC 16-valve aluminium

Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a silvery white and ductile member of the boron group of chemical elements. It has the symbol Al; its atomic number is 13....
engine with multipoint sequential electronic fuel injection

Fuel injection

Fuel injection is a system for mixing fuel with air in an internal combustion engine. It has become the primary fuel delivery system used in gasoline Automobile engines, having almost completely replaced carburetors in the late 1980s....
. Output is rated at and . This engine was used in the Portuguese and Greek version of the Mini One.

Applications:

MINI
Mini

The Mini is a small Automobile that was produced by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered an icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers....
One (Portugal, Greece) (until 2008)

1.6

The 1.6 L (1598 cc) version uses the same bore with a longer 85.8 mm stroke. Output is rated at and in the Mini One, and and in the Mini Cooper.

Applications:

MINI
Mini

The Mini is a small Automobile that was produced by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered an icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers....
One and Cooper (until 2008).
Chrysler PT Cruiser
Chrysler PT Cruiser

The Chrysler PT Cruiser was launched by Chrysler as a retro-styled station wagon in 2000 and as a convertible in 2005. Originally conceived as a Plymouth automobile model, the PT Cruiser received the Chrysler nameplate on introduction — in anticipation of the 2001 discontinuation of the Plymouth brand....
(in non-US markets)
Chery
Chery Automobile

Chery Automobile is an automobile manufacturer in People's Republic of China.It is owned by the local government of Wuhu , and sold about 381,000 vehicles in 2007....
Flagcloud
Chery A15

The Chery Cowin is a 4 door, 1600 cc petrol engine liftback produced in Wuhu, Anhui, China and Russia, Ukraine, Iran and Malaysia by Chery Automobile....
and Windcloud
Chery A11

The Chery A11, also known as Chery Windcloud, is Chery Automobile's first car. Production began in 1999 based on the SEAT Toledo chassis. Production ended in 2006....
.
Lifan
Lifan

Lifan is the largest individually-owned Chinese motorcycle and automobile manufacturer in Chongqing, a provincial-level Municipalities of China of the People's Republic of China....
520

1.6 SC

The 1.6 SC uses a Roots

Roots type supercharger

The Roots type supercharger or Roots blower is a Pump which operates by pulling air through a pair of meshing lobes not unlike a set of stretched Gear....
-type Eaton

Eaton Corporation

Eaton Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturer with 2008 sales of $15.4 billion . Eaton is a global leader in electrical systems and components for power quality, distribution and control; fluid power systems and services for industrial, mobile and aircraft equipment; intelligent truck drivetrain systems for safety and fuel econo...
M45 supercharger

Supercharger

A supercharger is an air Gas compressor used for forced induction of an internal combustion engine. The greater mass flow-rate provides more oxygen to support combustion than would be available in a naturally-aspirated engine, which allows more fuel to be provided and more work to be done per cycle, increasing the power output of the engine...
with intercooler

Intercooler

An intercooler, or charge air cooler, is an air-to-air or air-to-liquid heat exchanger used on Turbocharger and Supercharger internal combustion engines to improve their volumetric efficiency by increasing intake air charge density through Isochoric process cooling....
. The compression ratio

Compression ratio

The compression ratio of an internal-combustion engine or external combustion engine is a value that represents the ratio of the volume of its combustion chamber; from its largest capacity to its smallest capacity....
is reduced from 10.5:1 to 8.3:1. Output was initially rated at and but has since been increased to and . The 1.6 SC won the "1.4 L to 1.8 L" category at the International Engine of the Year

International Engine of the Year

The International Engine of the Year is an annual competition judged by a panel of automobile journalists from around the world and organized by the United Kingdom's largest technical motoring publication company....
awards for 2003. It also won Ward's 10 Best Engines

Ward's 10 Best Engines

World's 10 Best Engines is an annual list of the ten "best" internal combustion engine available in the U.S. market that are selected by Ward's AutoWorld magazine....
award for 2003.

Applications:

MINI
Mini

The Mini is a small Automobile that was produced by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered an icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers....
Cooper S