If BMWs are famous for their straight 6 engines, Audis famous for their 4 cylinder turbo engines, the ones Mercedes famous for, are their glorious V12s where they aren't even remotely shy of producing. In fact, you can find their V12 engine in their S,SL,CL, making them the mainstream manufacturer with the most V12s in the world. In fact, the only reason Mercedes Benz stick with the Smart car, which hadn't turn in any single cent of profit all these years, is merely because they are using Smart as a strategic average-pull-down-factor for the corporate overall average emission avantage, where crossing any threshold would mean a higher tax rate for all their vehicles being sold in European Union. Now with global directions moving towards lower emissions, lighter and greener cars, Mercedes Benz had decided to axe their V12 engines. The reasoning is a logical one, as V12s are as long as straight 6 engines, designing cars with the purpose of tugging in one V12 later on would meant the use of a larger engine bay, where similiar run-off-the-mill production vehicles have the excessive weight to lug around for what was basically a car with a bonnet length and engine bay that could save off 2 cylinder bank's volume, to be lighter. Now, will manufacturers like Pagani, which source their engines from Mercedes be affected?
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Mercedes cancels V12 engines for good
If BMWs are famous for their straight 6 engines, Audis famous for their 4 cylinder turbo engines, the ones Mercedes famous for, are their glorious V12s where they aren't even remotely shy of producing. In fact, you can find their V12 engine in their S,SL,CL, making them the mainstream manufacturer with the most V12s in the world. In fact, the only reason Mercedes Benz stick with the Smart car, which hadn't turn in any single cent of profit all these years, is merely because they are using Smart as a strategic average-pull-down-factor for the corporate overall average emission avantage, where crossing any threshold would mean a higher tax rate for all their vehicles being sold in European Union. Now with global directions moving towards lower emissions, lighter and greener cars, Mercedes Benz had decided to axe their V12 engines. The reasoning is a logical one, as V12s are as long as straight 6 engines, designing cars with the purpose of tugging in one V12 later on would meant the use of a larger engine bay, where similiar run-off-the-mill production vehicles have the excessive weight to lug around for what was basically a car with a bonnet length and engine bay that could save off 2 cylinder bank's volume, to be lighter. Now, will manufacturers like Pagani, which source their engines from Mercedes be affected?
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