Chrysler Mini engine
In 1997, Chrysler Corporation and Rover formed a joint venture to design a new small straight-4 engine for small cars. They built a factory in Brazil to manufacture the engine. The Mini engine name has two meanings: It refers to the small size of the engine and the cars it would power, and also to the most notable of those cars, the BMW Mini. It is also called the Pentagon engine.
The Mini engine was designed entirely by Chrysler and is related to the 2.0 liter Chrysler Neon engine. It is a modern engine with an SOHC 4-valve head, Electronic Throttle Control, and meets Euro III emissions requirements.
There are two current versions of the engine:
BMW may choose to replace this engine in the Mini with another now that Chrysler is part of their arch-rival DaimlerChrysler.
