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Automotive News Europe, April, 2005 by Meiners, Jens
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Byline: Jens Meiners
When DaimlerChrysler announced its turnaround plan for Smart on April 1, it said the next gasoline three-cylinder engine would be used by other companies.
That engine will be a unit jointly developed by Smart and Mitsubishi. Sources say Mitsubishi will build it in Japan and sell it to Nissan.
The engine will be used in the next-generation Smart ForTwo due in the third quarter of 2006, and in Japanese-market microcars from Mitsubishi and Nissan.
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Smart spokesman Heinz Gottwick stressed that, while the engine would be produced in Japan, development is ...
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