SOT: (Slightly Off Topic) Mercedes Engines 1.700 USD
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SOT: (Slightly Off Topic) Mercedes Engines 1.700 USD
MOSCOW, Jan 21 - Russia's second biggest car maker, GAZ , which suspended work after a local engine producer hiked prices, plans to buy 1,000 engines a month from Daimler Chrysler , a GAZ official said on Friday.
Spokesman Oleg Gamov said the two sides had agreed to increase deliveries to 150,000 a year in two to three years.
Negotiations have already been completed but there is still no date for signing a contract, he said, adding GAZ was interested in signing on as quickly as possible.
"You can draw your own conclusions on the dates of contract signing," Gamov said by telephone from Nizhny Novgorod in central Russia, where GAZ is located. "Naturally, it will be in the nearest future."
The local engine producer, ZMZ , hiked prices by 24 percent to about $1,700 from the start of the year forcing GAZ to suspend production until the end of January.
Gamov said Daimler Chrysler had offered engines for Volga cars at prices comparable with ZMZ's.
"There is worthy stuff in Daimler Chrysler's rich product line for $1,700. There is then no point making Volgas with ZMZ engines," he said.
But GAZ does not intend to abandon ZMZ altogether as it still hoped for a price cut.
"We would not like to behave like this towards our old partner, because a mass car is primarily a cheap engine," he said.
GAZ last year produced 65,686 Volga cars.
Spokesman Oleg Gamov said the two sides had agreed to increase deliveries to 150,000 a year in two to three years.
Negotiations have already been completed but there is still no date for signing a contract, he said, adding GAZ was interested in signing on as quickly as possible.
"You can draw your own conclusions on the dates of contract signing," Gamov said by telephone from Nizhny Novgorod in central Russia, where GAZ is located. "Naturally, it will be in the nearest future."
The local engine producer, ZMZ , hiked prices by 24 percent to about $1,700 from the start of the year forcing GAZ to suspend production until the end of January.
Gamov said Daimler Chrysler had offered engines for Volga cars at prices comparable with ZMZ's.
"There is worthy stuff in Daimler Chrysler's rich product line for $1,700. There is then no point making Volgas with ZMZ engines," he said.
But GAZ does not intend to abandon ZMZ altogether as it still hoped for a price cut.
"We would not like to behave like this towards our old partner, because a mass car is primarily a cheap engine," he said.
GAZ last year produced 65,686 Volga cars.
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2005 Carlsson CD32 E320 CDI Inline-6
Not Mercedes engines,
Probably Dodge Neon engines.
Engines can be surprisingly cheap. GM Performance Parts still sells beer-budget Chevy 350 long blocks, with 4-bolt mains, for under $1500 retail, and that's if you are buying just one motor.
Engines can be surprisingly cheap. GM Performance Parts still sells beer-budget Chevy 350 long blocks, with 4-bolt mains, for under $1500 retail, and that's if you are buying just one motor.
Last edited by cdiken; Jan 23, 2005 at 12:45 AM.
