The Blue Whale engine is installed in not many Changan Automobile models, including Changan CS75plus, Changan CS35PLUS Blue Whale Edition and Eado Blue Whale Edition. Because Changan focuses on small-displacement models, generally between 1.5 and 2.0. There are not many models with 2.0 power requirements. In the Changan model library, the installation rate of Blue Whale engine is relatively small.
The research and development of Changan Blue Whale Fan engine broke away from the traditional reverse research and development path and insisted on independent research and development. It took 6 years to complete the research and development of Blue Whale 2.0T GDI engine at the Changan Engine R&D Center in the UK, breaking the precedent of foreign companies. The technology monopoly has filled the gap in domestic development capabilities of 2.0L and above supercharged direct injection engines. During the research and development process, Changan applied for 74 patents and achieved 24 invention patents.
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This engine, codenamed D20TGDI, has gone through many tests of Changan’s quality test verification system CA-TVS that complies with international standards, and has completed a total of 7930 hours of bench reliability. Testing (testing before the car leaves the factory), the total mileage of 4-wheel road reliability testing reaches more than 1.5 million kilometers, ensuring that it can cope with various common and extreme working conditions. Under these extreme tests, this engine still completed the task perfectly, which reflects the power of this engine.
The tight and complex manufacturing process of the Blue Whale engine makes the engine expensive to build, and it is not very competitive with mainstream domestic brands. The complex and precise craftsmanship of the engine will also make after-sales service difficult.