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Prodrive helps DaimlerChrysler to bring Dodge SRT-10 to Europe
Prodrive helps DaimlerChrysler to bring Dodge SRT-10 to Europe
Automotive engineering specialist Prodrive has worked with DaimlerChrysler Corporation to develop a fully type-approved version of the 500hp Dodge SRT-10 for European customers.
Prodrive managed the programme of 45 separate tests required to obtain approval in all European markets and worked with DaimlerChrysler to re-engineer over 50 parts of the SRT-10 in order to meet the most stringent European requirements.
Most significantly, the side exit exhaust system on the US-spec SRT-10 did not pass European drive-by noise regulations, so there had to be significant modifications to the exhaust system, without compromising the performance or driveability of the car.
Prodrive has also worked with DaimlerChrysler to coordinate the supply chain for the European vehicle. Wherever possible, changes have been introduced with the SRT-10's existing suppliers, with parts installed on the SRT-10 line at the Conner Avenue assembly plant in Detroit.
Changes that require a substantially different build-sequence, as is the case with the new exhaust system, are to be carried out in Europe, at a Prodrive-managed facility specially set up at Zeebrugge, where the cars arrive from the US.
“It didn't make sense for DaimlerChrysler to redesign the SRT-10 production line for the relatively small number of European cars, so they will build and test the cars before shipping them to our facility for the final changes,” explains Andy Tempest, managing director of Automotive Technology at Prodrive. “We have accumulated a lot of experience in this area thanks to projects with companies such as Subaru and Ford, so we were ideally positioned to help DaimlerChrysler through the process with the SRT-10.”
"The SRT-10 is the Dodge brand icon and the ultimate American Sports Car,” said Dan Knott, Director Street and Racing Technology, DaimlerChrysler Corporation. “It is the purest expression of outrageous performance combined with incredible handling. When we decided to bring it to Europe, we knew we had to have a partner that had the capability and credibility to maintain those over-the-top attributes, and comply with the applicable homologation requirements. Prodrive has proven to be the partner we envisioned and we are very happy with the results.”
The first of the several hundred SRT-10s that Dodge will be selling each year through its European dealer network will be available for purchase by the end of the year.
Prodrive managed the programme of 45 separate tests required to obtain approval in all European markets and worked with DaimlerChrysler to re-engineer over 50 parts of the SRT-10 in order to meet the most stringent European requirements.
Most significantly, the side exit exhaust system on the US-spec SRT-10 did not pass European drive-by noise regulations, so there had to be significant modifications to the exhaust system, without compromising the performance or driveability of the car.
Prodrive has also worked with DaimlerChrysler to coordinate the supply chain for the European vehicle. Wherever possible, changes have been introduced with the SRT-10's existing suppliers, with parts installed on the SRT-10 line at the Conner Avenue assembly plant in Detroit.
Changes that require a substantially different build-sequence, as is the case with the new exhaust system, are to be carried out in Europe, at a Prodrive-managed facility specially set up at Zeebrugge, where the cars arrive from the US.
“It didn't make sense for DaimlerChrysler to redesign the SRT-10 production line for the relatively small number of European cars, so they will build and test the cars before shipping them to our facility for the final changes,” explains Andy Tempest, managing director of Automotive Technology at Prodrive. “We have accumulated a lot of experience in this area thanks to projects with companies such as Subaru and Ford, so we were ideally positioned to help DaimlerChrysler through the process with the SRT-10.”
"The SRT-10 is the Dodge brand icon and the ultimate American Sports Car,” said Dan Knott, Director Street and Racing Technology, DaimlerChrysler Corporation. “It is the purest expression of outrageous performance combined with incredible handling. When we decided to bring it to Europe, we knew we had to have a partner that had the capability and credibility to maintain those over-the-top attributes, and comply with the applicable homologation requirements. Prodrive has proven to be the partner we envisioned and we are very happy with the results.”
The first of the several hundred SRT-10s that Dodge will be selling each year through its European dealer network will be available for purchase by the end of the year.
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