PSA Peugeot-Citro’n issued the following press release:
PSA Peugeot-Citro’n and the Ford Motor Company are introducing new 1.6-liter and 2-liter common rail direct injection diesels developed in the second phase of their cooperative venture. Scheduled to gradually equip both partners’ model lines in the second half of 2003, the engines represent another step toward meeting customer demand in four priority areas: fuel economy, clean combustion, low running noise and outstanding performance.
The engines required an aggregate investment of nearly ’1 billion. Production capacity will ultimately exceed 1,600,000 engines a year, providing most of the diesel powerplants in the core model lines of each partner.
The 1.6-Liter Engine
Known as the HDi 1.6l in PSA Peugeot Citro’n’s cars and the Duratorq TDCi 1.6l in Ford models, the engines will be available in 110 hp (80 kW) and 90 hp (66 kW) versions. They will equip more than 37 different vehicle versions of both partners.
The 1.6-liter HDi/TDCi engine features “all-aluminum” construction, which has kept its weight at a very low 120 kilograms, thereby facilitating its use in small cars. Its combustion system benefits from leading-edge technologies, including a Bosch second-generation common rail injection system with maximum pressures of 1,600 bar. The system also uses the multiple injection technique enabling up to six injections per engine cycle. — New Ford Mondeo flagship technology.
These new advances in common rail technology reduce fuel consumption and enhance drivability, noise and vibration performance, while further decreasing emissions.
Certain versions of the 1.6-liter HDi/TDCi, equipped with the FAP particle filter system, will offer extremely low emissions in early 2004, thus anticipating the Euro IV regulations applicable in January 2005.
Investments made between 2001 and 2003 to produce 1.6-liter and 1.4-liter, 16-valve engines will amount to more than ’800 million.
The Second-Generation 2-Liter Engine
PSA Peugeot Citro’n and Ford are also introducing a second-generation 2.0-liter engine known respectively as the HDi 2l and the Duratorq TDCi 2.0l . — Ford Focus C-Max production.
The new powerplant represents the latest development in the 2.0-liter HDi family, which has equipped PSA Peugeot Citro’n’s mid- and upper-range cars since 1998. It benefits from the feedback gained from a family of highly successful engines used in more than three million Peugeot and Citro’n cars.
The project team wanted to design a high-quality engine, in particular with significantly enhanced drivability compared with the previous generation, which had already set the market standard. These goals were met without increasing fuel consumption, which remains very low.
In terms of environmental protection, the new engine will be available upon introduction in a Euro IV compliant version with the FAP filter. — Ford Bronco Concept.
The engine’s new-generation common rail direct injection system is supplied by Siemens. It manages up to six different injections and delivers an injection pressure of 1,600 bar.
As a result, the new 2.0-liter HDi/Duratorq TDCi engine will give users a drivability that will immediately establish it as a market benchmark. At 136 hp (100 kW), it offers 25% more power than its predecessor, while fuel consumption remains stable at a very low level. However, the designers focused more on torque than on power, providing a 36% increase to enhance drivability and flexibility.
The engines will be manufactured at PSA Peugeot Citro’n’s Tr’mery plant in the Lorraine region of eastern France. ’159 million was spent to adapt the plant’s existing production line to handle the new engines, while improving workstation ergonomics.
