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Past vehicles
VM began supplying engines for automotive use in 1979 when the petrol market showed signs of being in difficulty and a more economic alternative to the traditional petrol engine had to be found.
Our powerful, clean, turbocharged, indirect injection engine was soon adopted by the European market. The very first vehicle to be fitted with a VM diesel engine was the Alfa Romeo Alfetta.
World records
1982 - VM 2000 turbodiesel fitted in Alfetta TD2 and Giulietta TD2.0 establishes 7 world speed records over 5/10/25/50 thousand kilometres and 5/10/25 thousand miles at Nardò (Lecce).
1991 - The Alfa 164TD fitted with a 4 cylinder, 2.5L VM engine is confirmed as the world's most reliable vehicle after a 24 hour test on the Montlhery circuit in France (competitors are : Citroën XM D12, Lancia Thema Turbo DS, Mercedes 300D Turbo and Peugeot 605 SRDT Turbo).
2000 - The Chrysler Voyager fitted with the latest 2.5L 16 valve engine breaks 22 world distance and time speed records, including the greatest distance travelled in 24 hours on one tank of fuel (1724 km).
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Chrysler
VM began its supply relationship with Chrysler in 1992, prov ...
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Alfa Romeo
Production of engines for Alfa Romeo began in 1979 with the ...
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Toyota
The VM power unit was selected to re-power the European-buil ...
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Ford
Ford chose to fit the Scorpio with VM engines thanks to the ...
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Rover
Numerous vehicles from the Rover family were powered by VM e ...
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Opel
The VM engine was selected for its performance and emission ...
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Others
VM has also provided engines for a number of low volume, but ...
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