Post 2016 Falcon: Mainstream or Niche?

[Road_Warrior]

I beleive that, from a technical perspective, the I6 is a mere hop-skip-jump away from being able to be Euro V compliant. What is going to come into play against the I6 is the cost and practicalities of doing so.

There was information published a while back about proposed Euro V intro dates that would have seen an exemption applied to the I6, like it had in the lead up to Euro IV. This exemption would have carried it through to 2016 and at that time, the all new or replacement car will turn up.

Regardless of what car turns up in 2016, the I6 will be consigned to history. If a next generation RWD platform comes, it will be a global platform and that car must use a global engine.

[jpd80]

I beleive that, from a technical perspective, the I6 is a mere hop-skip-jump away from being able to be Euro V compliant. What is going to come into play against the I6 is the cost and practicalities of doing so.

There was information published a while back about proposed Euro V intro dates that would have seen an exemption applied to the I6, like it had in the lead up to Euro IV. This exemption would have carried it through to 2016 and at that time, the all new or replacement car will turn up.

Regardless of what car turns up in 2016, the I6 will be consigned to history. If a next generation RWD platform comes, it will be a global platform and that car must use a global engine.

Not necessarily if you read some of JEM's posts, there's no technical reasons stopping its use beyond 2016.
Considering that it might even be possible to do a regional engine variant off that vehicle depending on what it is.

There looks to be a progressive roll in of Euro 5 regs over a three year period, that might ease the cost burden to comply.

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