VM Motori S. p. A. is a diesel engine manufacturing company in Cento, Italy, which is the heart of Emilia Romagna and also home to Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati and Ducati. A diesel engine is an Internal combustion engine which operates using the Diesel cycle (named after Dr Cento is a city and commune in the Province of Ferrara, part of the region Emilia-Romagna (northern Italy) Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Emilia-Romagna is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. The capital is Bologna. Ferrari SpA is an Italian Sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy Automobili Lamborghini SpA, commonly referred to as Lamborghini, is an Italian manufacturer of Sports cars based in the small Italian Village Maserati is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and Sports cars established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. Ducati Motor Holding SpA ( Borsa Italiana: DMH is an Italian Motorcycle manufacturer located in Bologna Italy. Founded by two entrepreneurs, Vancini and Martelli (hence the "VM") in 1947, the company produced the first Italian air-cooled diesel engine with direct injection.
In 1964 the company introduced entire new families of air-cooled diesel engines for fishing boats and the industrial machine markets. VM merged with Stabilimenti Meccanici Triestini in Trieste in 1971, and Finmeccanica took a majority stake in the combined company. 1974 saw the introduction of a new series of high-speed (4200 rpm) HR, pre-combustion chamber, water-cooled, turbocharged engines. The Alfa Romeo Alfetta, produced in Arese, rolled off the line with a VM Motori engine under the bonnet in 1979, signaling VM's move to the OEM automotive market. Arese is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan An original equipment manufacturer, or OEM is typically a company that uses a component made by a second company in its own product or sells the product of the second company During the 1980s British Leyland chose VM engines as the smoothest, most petrol-like units available for diesel models of their Range Rover and Rover SD1; the choice continued with the later Rover 800. British Leyland was a vehicle manufacturing company formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC Land Rover Range Rover Classic|Range Rover SportThe Range Rover is a Four-wheel drive luxury Sport utility vehicle (SUV produced by Land Rover in the Rover SD1 is the code name given to a series of large Executive cars made by British Leyland and its successor Austin Rover from 1976 until 1986 The Rover 800 series is an Executive car introduced by the Austin Rover Group in 1986 and also marketed as the Sterling in the United
In 1989 Finmeccanica restructured, selling its stake in VM Motori to company managers and Midland Montague in a leveraged buyout, leaving the company with its single Cento plant. A leveraged buyout (or LBO, or highly-leveraged transaction (HLT or "bootstrap" transaction occurs when a Financial sponsor acquires a controlling interest Cento is a city and commune in the Province of Ferrara, part of the region Emilia-Romagna (northern Italy)
The after-cooled, electronic-combustion, "Turbotronic" engine was unveiled in 1990. It was supplied to Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, and Rover. Alfa Romeo Automobiles SpA is an Italian Automaker founded in 1910 Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925 Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Rover Group plc was the name that was given by the British government, in 1986 to the state-owned vehicle manufacturer British Leyland or BL Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC) bought VM Motori in 1995, when OEM automotive sales accounted for 75% of income. Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC is a Diesel engine producer headquartered in Redford Michigan, USA. A major deal with Chrysler saw agreements to supply engines for their Jeep Cherokee and Voyager models. The Chrysler Voyager is a Minivan marketed by Chrysler LLC. In the United States, the Chrysler Voyager was produced from 2000 to 2003 as part of the 2000 saw change again with the purchase of DDC by DaimlerChrysler AG. Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC is a Diesel engine producer headquartered in Redford Michigan, USA. Daimler AG ( (formerly DaimlerChrysler AG) is a German car corporation (not to be confused with the British car-maker Daimler Motor Company) and In 2003 Penske Corporation purchased a 51% stake, and today the company is co-owned by Penske and DaimlerChrysler (which now has a 49% stake). The company still produces diesel engines for a variety of vehicle manufacturers. In 2007 Penske Corporation bought the remaining 49% of VM from DaimlerChrysler AG and subsequently sold 50% of it to General Motors. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. [1] Both deals are awaiting European regulatory approval; the value of the deal is still not known.
The company is also selling its products to off-highway applications, such as marine and defense. MTU Friedrichshafen, a German diesel engine manufacturer, holds the exclusive sales rights for VM Motori off-highway engines outside of Italy. MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH is a manufacturer of commercial engines
Recently, VM Motori's 2. 8-litre common rail turbodiesel engine was chosen for the Jeep Liberty CRD. Turbodiesel refers to any Diesel engine with a Turbocharger. Turbocharging is the norm rather than the exception in modern car and truck diesel engines The Jeep Liberty (KJ/KK or Jeep Cherokee (KJ/KK outside North America is a Compact SUV produced by the Jeep marque of Chrysler. GM Daewoo has also licensed the 1. GM Daewoo Auto & Technology ( GM Daewoo or GMDAT) was first established as National Motor in 1937 in Bupyeong-gu Incheon, South Korea. 5-litre and 2. 0-litre common rail engine designs, and they are building a dedicated engine plant, aiming to start production in 2006.
The latest vehicle to benefit from a 2. 5 VM Motori diesel engine is the purpose-built LTI (London Taxis International) London style taxicab - the TX4 is the first of the TX range of taxis to include a VM Motori engine. See also Taxicab ||-||-||}A hackney or hackney carriage (also called a cab or hack) is a Carriage or Automobile The TX4 is a purpose built taxicab Hackney carriage manufactured by LTI (London Taxis International.
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- ^ 17.07.2007 GM buy 50 Percent stake in VM Motori. Italian manufacturer VM Motori SpA has built several different Diesel engines for many third-party applications italiaspeed. com. Retrieved on 2007-07-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians
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- VM Motori
- Penske Corporation
- DaimlerChrysler
- Detroit Diesel Corporation
- [1] Discussion group all about VM diesel engines. A resource of otherwise difficult to find information.
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