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Gasoline direct injection system (DI-Motronic), 2000

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Gasoline direct injection system (DI-Motronic), 2000

In 2000, Bosch returned to gasoline direct injection, an idea that had caused a stir in 1954 when it featured in the Mercedes 300 SL. What was innovative about DI Motronic was the “stratified charge basis,” which burned a localized cloud of the air-fuel mix generated by the direct injection, thus lowering fuel consumption by up to 10 percent.