Made by Tritec Motors in the state of Parana, Brazil. Tritec was
originally a joint-venture between BMW and Chrysler. BMW has already
signaled that they will make the engines for the next generation of
MINIs in-house.
Joao T da Costa
Sao Paulo, Brazil
At 3:21 PM -0800 12/9/05, Winsor Crosby wrote:
>Except that they now supply engines to BMW. The mini uses a South
>American, Brazil I think, engine built by Chrysler which is now owned
>by MB.
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>Winsor
>Long Beach, California, USA
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>On Dec 9, 2005, at 11:10 AM, James N. McBride wrote:
>
>>
>> The merger may have caused some improvement to the exterior design
>> of the MB
>> cars but I can't imagine any other positives. I also like my little
>> BMW.
>> It's over 20 years old now and still drives like a new car. It will
>> probably
> > outlast me. /jmac
>
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