Mercedes-Benz Turns to Ford for Help on Three-Cylinder Engine
 

http://wot.motortrend.com/mercedes-b...#axzz2UDzthWZU

Mercedes-Benz and its parent company Daimler are more than capable of building technologically advanced engines, but the automaker is admiring a powerplant built by Ford. Taking note of the blue oval’s turbocharged, direct-injected 1.0-liter three-cylinder EcoBoost engine, Mercedes is now partnering with Ford to learn more about the tiny mill.

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My my my, there's something you don't read every day. The folks in Dearborn and Cologne must be quite pleased.

:yup: Agreed!