Brilliance 1.8T engine to be used in airplanes

Shanghai, August 11 (Gasgoo.com) The trial project of making an engine for airplane use kicked off last week in Brilliance Auto's E2 engine plant in Shenyang. This breakthrough experiment, jointly conducted by Brilliance Auto and Nanchang Hangkong University, will help bring the carmaker into the aerospace industry and make the 1.8T engine as a priority product of Brilliance Auto, said xinhuanet.com today.

The 1.8T engine for this project is a self-developed product of Brilliance Auto. Though the vehicle models equipped with this engine have not sold well, Brilliance Auto has decided to manufacture and promote this engine series in future and will use it in all its auto models and in some airplanes. The company aims to produce and sell 5,000 - 100,000 vehicles powered by the 1.8T engine.

Qi Yumin, CEO and Chairman of Brilliance Auto, said that the company will raise its current annual output of this engine from 50,000 units to at least 200,000 units finally. To boost the 1.8T engine's sales, Brilliance Auto will supply it to other automakers and even to aircraft makers, and make it the first engine product to be used both in auto-making and aerospace industries.

"Actually, our 1.8T engine can outgo other 1.8T engines in the power and torque," said a PR executive of Brilliance Auto. Featuring the emission turbocharged technology, the Brilliance 1.8T engine is claimed to be more powerful than an ordinary 2.5L engine.