Volvo Penta News & Specials

New Cleaner D1 & D2 Series Engines

August 13 2008

Volvo Penta is launching new versions of the D1 and D2, the smallest diesel engines in its program. The biggest news is on the environmental side. Particle emissions have been reduced by as much as 50 percent. The engines satisfy future, very comprehensive US emission regulations.

Six models of the Volvo Penta D1 and D2, ranging from 12 hp to 75 hp, are available. These engines are used in sailboats and other displacement boats and are bestsellers for Volvo Penta. The same engine family will be installed in all the boats in the next Volvo Ocean Race where they will be exposed to the toughest imaginable conditions.

New versions of the D1 and D2 are soon available.

"In principle, everything inside the engines is new, about 150 components in each engine. The result is better control over fuel injection and combustion, which has enabled emissions to be reduced from a level that was already very low," says Fredrik Christborn at Volvo Penta's product planning department.