Global Engine Alliance LLC, began as a
joint venture
A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...
of
Chrysler
FCA US, LLC, Trade name, doing business as Stellantis North America and known historically as Chrysler ( ), is one of the "Big Three (automobile manufacturers), Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn H ...
,
Mitsubishi Motors
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. , and
Hyundai Motor Company
Hyundai Motor Company, often referred to as Hyundai Motors, ( ) and commonly known as Hyundai (), is a South Korean multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, which ...
for developing a line of shared engines.
In September 2009, Chrysler purchased Mitsubishi and Hyundai's shares, after 5 years of allied research and development, making its Dundee, Michigan plant a wholly owned subsidiary of what was then Chrysler Group LLC.
["GEMA takes off: although some people think that the only place to build new manufacturing plants in the U.S. is in the southern states, a team of global companies has constructed one of the most flexible powertrain plants in the world in Michigan. Why? One answer is talent"](_blank)
Kevin M. Kelly, Automotive Design & Production, October 2005, FindArticles.com, 18 November 2007
, Automotive Design and Production, February 2005 issue["Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance World Engine Plant: Open for Business"](_blank)
Global Engine Alliance LLC press release, October 3, 2005. Retrieved on September 1, 2006.["Lean and Flexible Manufacturing"](_blank)
Waurzyniak, Patrick, Manufacturing Engineering, September 2006, FindArticles.com, 18 November 2007["Chrysler Buys GEMA Stakes from Mitsubishi and Hyundai"](_blank)
, Holmes, Jake, Car and Driver Blog, September 2009
Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance
Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance, LLC (GEMA) was the manufacturing arm of the Global Engine Alliance and consisted of five factories worldwide. Production began in 2005, with an annual capacity of approximately two million engines; each plant was capable of producing 420,000. Twenty different automobile models from the three companies were to use the engines. Chrysler had expected to use GEMA engines in ten models and projects, and buy up to 840,000 GEMA engines annually.
The Dundee plants were purchased by Chrysler in December, 2012, and renamed the ''Chrysler Dundee Engine Plant(s)''. After Chrysler's assimilation into
FCA, the plant simply became known as the
Dundee Engine Plant
Dundee Engine Plant is an automobile engine factory in Dundee, Michigan. It is now wholly owned by Stellantis North America; it was formerly part of the Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance (GEMA).
The plant has over of floor space and of l ...
.
Design
Hyundai was initially responsible for leading the design of the base engine, while the Chrysler Group and Mitsubishi were involved in making other important engineering contributions pertaining to the design.
The design features Siamese bores, an aluminium block with cast-iron cylinder liners, and an aluminium head. Different cylinder liners could be fitted to increase or decrease displacement depending on manufacturers needs. Each manufacturer configured their variants of the initial design differently based on their engineering needs and standards, so consumers may experience very different power, fuel efficiency, and "feel" from each manufacturer.
See also
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Chrysler World engine
The World Gasoline Engine is a family of straight-4 piston engines, based on the Global Engine Alliance design.
Three engines have been produced: a 1.8 L, a 2.0 L, and a 2.4 L. The initial design of the engine block and cylinder head was handled ...
- Chrysler's GEMA built engines
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Mitsubishi 4B1 engine
The Mitsubishi 4B1 engine is a range of all-alloy straight-4 piston engines built at Mitsubishi's Japanese "World Engine" powertrain plant in Shiga on the basis of the Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance (GEMA). - Mitsubishi's GEMA built engines
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Hyundai Theta engine
The Hyundai Theta is a gasoline four-cylinder automobile engine family. The third all-aluminum engine of Hyundai Motor Company debuted in the fourth-generation Hyundai Sonata sedan (codenamed NF), which was unveiled in August 2004 in South Korea. ...
- Hyundai's GEMA built engines
References
External links
Official site
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Chrysler
Mitsubishi Motors
Hyundai Motor Company
Joint ventures
Manufacturing companies based in Michigan