Bosch Sees Nearly 18% Increase in Common-Rail Sales
 

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Bosch Sees Nearly 18% Increase in Common-Rail Sales Worldwide in 2007
11 May 2007

The Bosch Group anticipates increasing sales of its common-rail diesel direct injection technology by nearly 18% to more than eight million systems in 2007, up from 6.8 million last year. Bosch alone has equipped more than 33 million passenger-car and commercial-vehicle engines with this technology since 1997.

Ten years ago, Bosch was the first company to put a common-rail system for passenger cars on the market. The first vehicles to feature the technology were the Alfa Romeo 156 JTD and the Mercedes-Benz 220 CDI.

In conjunction with turbocharging, the injection system has helped the diesel engine achieve a market breakthrough to approximately 50% of the new car market in western Europe. Ten years ago, diesel’s share was only 22%. The diesel engine’s main selling points are its reduced fuel consumption and lower CO2 emissions, combined with a much cleaner emissions profile than before.


The third generation of the Bosch common-rail system, with CP4 high-pressure pump, piezo-inline injectors, and electronic control unit .Click to enlarge. Picture: Bosch

without the CR the new emmissions couldnt have been meet

Agreed.. And even though I've never had the pleasure of owning anything but a CR engine, I gotta say, I love my truck.
Scott