So after many years tinkering with cars one thing has become an apparent trend with a lot of modern cars; they all share someone else's engine. With the exception of Germans, it can be anyones guess at who made the engine lurking under the bonnet. I thought you were safe with Toyota, but no, the GT86 is a Subaru

So today I start the guessing game with this Jeep in the image attached below:

Jeep are Chrysler, which in turn were part of Mercedes, and then sold to Fiat. So the odds on it having a Chrysler/Merc/Fiat engine are high.

Go on take a guess. I won't say which year or model as you'll find it on google, but let's just say I blurted out WTF when I removed the engine cover

 

Probably something stupid like a Peugeot?

 

British Leyland

 

Some have a Hemi in ?

 

I'll go Russian LADA

 

It's got the worldwide vw Diesel engine in it - fact

 

2.0 crd

 

Saab?

 

its got the vm motori diesel engine? its owned by fiat and they also make marine engines and supply alfa romeo, rover and quite a few others. google is a handy thing lol.

 

Briggs and Stratton...?

 

Is it electric

 

Probably the old Perkins diesel that made Peugeot's kinks of the middle east, failing that I'll go with Merc diesel.

 

That's a vw engine rhe 2.0 crd
Mercedes engine was in the grand Cherokee 2.7 and grand Cherokee and 300c 3 litre crd I spend 6 years with Chrysler dodge and jeep
The jeep looks like a 2008/09 model fiat purchase Chrysler till 2010 from memory when Daimler handed back 27 percent of shares just get out of it

 

Which VW diesel is that then (there's quite a few)

 

So is that it then , a volkswagon engine ?

 

Well yes...but I'll go a step further....which VW engine... as there is no reference to a "worldwide engine" (except the marine versions, which it ain't)

Why in the hell Chrysler decided to use it is anyone's guess, at least they could have made it work with VAG-COM (would have made my job a bit easier )

 

Do I win a prize ?

 

Erm, no

 

VAG group 2 litre TDi PD engine

 

I saw that before the edit LOL

yeah PD 16valve (BKD) , not CR

So anyone know what "CRD" stands for, because it definitely isn't common rail

 

Can't Recommend as a Daily?

 

Lol yeh, had to double check as wasn't sure if it was CR or PD but def knew it was vag diesel.

CRD = commonly rebadged diesel

 

I'm just impressed that you worked out how to use Google to find it out.

So that's your prize, Reggie: knowing that you've impressed me.

 

No mate was the parts manager for a Chrysler dodge and jeep dealership 05-11 so technically I still cheated .