Mercedes-Benz developing three-cylinder engine

[Wunderkind]

While we are on this topic, what happened to the Dies-Otto engines Mercedes were talking about a decade ago?

Is a full Dies-Otto engine still in the pipeline or we will only see bits and pieces of it?

 

[Gianclaudio]

While we are on this topic, what happened to the Dies-Otto engines Mercedes were talking about a decade ago?

Is a full Dies-Otto engine still in the pipeline or we will only see bits and pieces of it?

A bit off topic, but there were a couple articles about Mazda's new tech and their comparission to Dies Otto:

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/i...mazda-engines-eclipse-electric-cars-emissions

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mazda/86250/next-gen-petrol-engines-make-mazdas-clean-electric-cars

 

[Wolfgang]

MTZ asked MB's head of powertrains about Diesotto some time ago.


MTZ Question: We are now hearing much less about the Diesotto engine, which was greatly publicised a short time ago. Are you still working on it?

Bernhard Heil, Head, MB Powertrains, replied: Our aim is to make petrol engines as efficient as diesel engines and make diesel engines as clean as petrol engines. As far as diesel engines are concerned, the use of particulate filters and our BlueTec technology have enabled emissions to be reduced almost to the level of spark-ignition engines. We are now working on making the spark-ignition engine as fuel-efficient as the diesel. We included all these aspects under the working title "Diesotto". The spark-ignition engine is benefiting from many technology components that were previously familiar from the diesel engine. For example, these include turbocharging and direct injection. In other words, there is already a great deal of Diesotto in our new BlueDirect engines.

 

[Nicks]

Ugh, i hate answers like that.