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ssimms · Mar 27th, 2003, 09:20 PM

Actually, it was announced last year that BMW and Daimler/Chrysler are not extending their engine agreement. (remember they are fierce competitors and don't like each other, so they don't want to play in the same sandbox anymore)
I don't remember a date but, BMW is currently engineering the new motor in-house and has signed a partnership agreement with Peugot/Citreon for building the new motor once engineering is complete.
I thought the time bantered around was 2005 for the first BMW engineered engines to be used. But, the original agreement with D/C was supposed to be through 2007 so that may be the new motor date, honestly I am not sure.

Mar 27th, 2003, 09:20 PM	#2
ssimms Old user out of touch Join Date: May 2002 Location: Colorado Local Time: 03:03 PM Posts: 39 Offline	Actually, it was announced last year that BMW and Daimler/Chrysler are not extending their engine agreement. (remember they are fierce competitors and don't like each other, so they don't want to play in the same sandbox anymore) I don't remember a date but, BMW is currently engineering the new motor in-house and has signed a partnership agreement with Peugot/Citreon for building the new motor once engineering is complete. I thought the time bantered around was 2005 for the first BMW engineered engines to be used. But, the original agreement with D/C was supposed to be through 2007 so that may be the new motor date, honestly I am not sure. Scott Simms 1999 BMW 528i, 1997 BMW 318i 2003 MINI Cooper (currently 126200 miles)