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Chrysler kicks off production of Pentastar V6 engine, formerly known as "Phoenix"

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Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing , Chrysler , Dodge , Jeep Chrysler Pentastar V6 engine begins production – Click above for high-res image gallery The artist engine formerly known as Prince Phoenix has officially hit the assembly lines at the Chrysler Group’s plant in Trenton, Michigan. The first version of the mill, which now bears the Pentastar moniker , displaces 3.6 liters and will see its first production application in the engine bay of the brand new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee . Expect this all aluminum, 60-degree, dual-overhead cam (with variable valve timing) powerplant to see lots of use in the near-term future – Chrysler boasts that the Pentastar V6 will replace seven current V6 engines.

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Report: V6, V8 engine popularity continued to fade in 2009

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Filed under: Car Buying , Etc. , Technology Turning the past completely upside down, four cylinder engines marched up ten percent to further solidify the market dominance of lower cylinder count powertrains. According to Ward’s Automotive, nearly 62 percent of cars produced in 2009 carried four bangers, up ten percent in just a year from 2008′s 51.7 percent. Despite the V8 engine’s precipitous fall from a high of being fitted to 88 percent of all cars sold in 1969, there’s a sweet spot for the smaller powerplants, too

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