The Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...

 M104 was a straight-6

Straight-6

The straight-six engine or inline-six engine is a six-cylinder internal combustion engine with all six cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankcase...

 automobile

Automobile

An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...

 engine produced from 1990 through 1999. It was a double overhead cam design with 4 valves per cylinder. It replaced the M103

Mercedes-Benz M103 engine

The Mercedes-Benz M103 was a straight-6 15 degrees inclination to the right; automobile engine produced from 1986 through 1993. It was a single overhead cam design with 2 valves per cylinder...

 and was replaced by the M112

Mercedes-Benz M112 engine

The Mercedes-Benz M112 engine is a V6 automobile piston engine family used in the 2000s. Introduced in 1998, it was the first V6 engine ever built by Mercedes...

 V6 starting in 1997. The M104 continued in production until 1999 where its last use by Mercedes - Benz was in the W140 chasis, it was later manufactuered under license by SsangYong Motor Company

SsangYong Motor Company

SsangYong Motor Company is the fourth largest South Korean automobile manufacturer. The name SsangYong means double dragons.SsangYong was acquired by India's Mahindra & Mahindra Limited in February 2011, after being named the preferred bidder in 2010 to acquire the bankruptcy-protected company...

 of Korea

Korea

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This 3.0 L 24v DOHC engine replaced the 12v 3.0 L M103

Mercedes-Benz M103 engine

The Mercedes-Benz M103 was a straight-6 15 degrees inclination to the right; automobile engine produced from 1986 through 1993. It was a single overhead cam design with 2 valves per cylinder...

 engine.