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The V6 PRV engine is an overhead cam V6 automobile engine designed and manufactured by the company "Française de Mécanique" for PRV, an alliance of Peugeot, Renault and Volvo Cars. Sold from 1974 to 1998, it was produced in four displacements between 2.5 L and 3.0, and in both SOHC and DOHC and 2-valve and 4-valve per cylinder configurations.
The 262C used the PRV engine, a V6 engine developed jointly by Peugeot, Renault, and Volvo. [2] The engine used a Lambda-sond oxygen sensor system; this was the first use of this system on a production V engine .
Fuel efficiency of the V6 was rated at 18 mpg ‑US (13 L/100 km; 22 mpg ‑imp) for the city and 27 mpg ‑US (8.7 L/100 km; 32 mpg ‑imp) on the highway. Factory acceleration estimates from standstill to 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) were 11.5 seconds with the four-cylinder, and 10 seconds with the six. The Premier's powertrains were covered ...
These PRVs were a development of the 2.7-litre V6 used in the Renault 30 that were designed and built under special contract with the DeLorean Motor Company. [ 42 ] This engine has a 90-degree layout with a light- alloy block with cast iron cylinder liners and light-alloy heads with cross-flow hemi-chambers. [ 7 ]
Based "on the principles of the Peugeot 504", [5] using its bulkhead, [6] doors, and part of the 504 floorpan, [7] and usually powered by the then-new 144 PS (106 kW) 2.7-litre V6 PRV engine, developed in conjunction with Renault and Volvo, [5] the car was Peugeot's first entry into the large luxury saloon market for 40 years - the most recent ...
The displacement of modern V6 engines is typically between 2.5 and 4.0 L (153 and 244 cu in), though larger and smaller examples have been produced, such as the 1.8 L (110 cu in) Mazda V6 used in the 1991–1998 Mazda MX-3, [2] or the 1.6 L (98 cu in) Mitsubishi V6 engine used in the 1992–1998 Mirage/Lancer, while the largest gasoline V6 ...
New was the option of a V6 engine, the company's 2,849-cc PRV V6 with 153 PS (113 kW). Four-wheel-drive ("Quadra") was only available with the 2.2-litre petrol four; an automatic transmission was initially not offered. [20] The second generation saw mostly minor changes during its lifespan. A four-speed automatic option was added to the V6.
Venturi Atlantique 300 twin-turbo. The Twin-turbo version of the Atlantique 300 was released in 1998 and used the later L7X V6, a Renault variant of the V6 ESL engine which brought the power up to 310 PS (228 kW; 306 hp) at 6,200 rpm and 394 N⋅m (291 lb⋅ft) of torque at 3,800 rpm, with a top speed of 275 km/h (171 mph) and a 0-100 km/h (62 mph) time of 4.7 seconds, [1] this addition made ...