A tie-up between PSA Peugeot-Citroën and Ford involving small diesel engines will be extended in time for the former’s new diesel family debut.
The extension comes ahead of PSA’s new DV-R diesels’ showroom debut, set for 2017 through 2018, Automotive News Europe reports. Variants of the DV-R family, which all will be compliant with Euro 6.2 emissions standards set to go into effect by 2017, will find their way into Ford models at the same time.
PSA is investing €60 million ($67.4 million USD) into producing 640,000 units of the engines per year in Douvrin, France starting in 2017, with 640,000 more to depart annually from Tremery, France from 2018 forward. Some of those engines will head across the Channel to a Ford facility in the United Kingdom for final assembly beginning in the same period.
The partnership between the two automakers has been ongoing since 1998, though Ford dropped PSA diesels above 2.0 liters in displacement in 2012 when PSA was briefly tied-up with General Motors.
The latest extension is expected to be signed this summer, ensuring the partnership lasts beyond the 2017 deadline for the current agreement.
[Image credit: PSA Peugeot-Citroën and Ford]
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