Steyr Motors is an Austrian manufacturer of Diesel-engines based in Steyr

Steyr

Steyr is a town, located in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria. The town is situated at the confluence of the rivers Steyr and Enns. Steyr is Austria's 12th most populated town and simultaneously the 3rd largest town in Upper Austria....

, Upper-Austria.

History

Steyr Motors has its origin in the Diesel-engine division of the earlier Steyr-Daimler-Puch

Steyr-Daimler-Puch

Steyr-Daimler-Puch was a large manufacturing conglomerate based in Steyr, Austria, which was broken up in stages between 1987 and 2001. The component parts and operations continued to exist under separate ownership and new names.-History:...

 group. Since 2001 it became an independent company trough internal Management Buyout

Management buyout

A management buyout is a form of acquisition where a company's existing managers acquire a large part or all of the company.- Overview :Management buyouts are similar in all major legal aspects to any other acquisition of a company...

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In 2008 Steyr Motors presented the worldwide first parallel hybrid propulsion system

Hybrid vehicle

A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that uses two or more distinct power sources to move the vehicle. The term most commonly refers to hybrid electric vehicles , which combine an internal combustion engine and one or more electric motors.-Power:...

 for boats, STEYR HDS. In the same year, the company achieved numerous awards for this innovation (DAME Award at METS exhibition in Amsterdam and the National Marine Manufacturers Association’s IBEX Award). In cooperation with the Dutch company Mastervolt, Steyr Motors is the leading manufacturer of hybrid propulsion systems for pleasure boats.

In 2009 Steyr Motors signed a license agreement with AM General and with the egyptian Helwan Diesel Engine Company for the production of its Diesel-engines.

Since 2011 Steyr Motors develops compact aircraft engines, based its monobloc

Monobloc

Monobloc may refer to:*Monobloc engine: an internal combustion engine with the cylinder head and block formed as one unit.*Monobloc : a type of light-weight chair made of one-piece plastic.*Monobloc *Monobloc LNB...

 engine, in cooperation with the Austrian company Austro Engine

Austro Engine

Austro Engine is an Austrian manufacturer of aircraft engines based at Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria.-History:The production site and headquarters was built in 2007 with an investment of EUR 13 Million. The company was founded by Diamond Aircraft Industries and partners. The products are...

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Products

The principal products are the STEYR M1-“Monobloc

Monobloc engine

A monobloc or en bloc engine is an internal-combustion piston engine where some of the major components: cylinder head, cylinder block, or crankcase are formed, usually by casting, as a single integral unit, rather than being assembled later...

k” engine family which is the result of a long development process that was started by Steyr-Daimler-Puch in the 1920s.
The STEYR M1 engine is a turbocharged Diesel engine with high pressure Unit Injector

Unit Injector

Unit Injector is an integrated direct fuel injection system for diesel engines, combining the injector nozzle and the injection pump in a single component...

s with two stage injection nozzles, providing up to 2.000 bar injection pressure. It is a compact and light engine designed to be operated with Diesel, Kerosene

Kerosene

Kerosene, sometimes spelled kerosine in scientific and industrial usage, also known as paraffin or paraffin oil in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Ireland and South Africa, is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid. The name is derived from Greek keros...

 or Maritime Diesel fuel

Marine diesel oil

Marine Diesel Oil is a type of fuel oil and is a blend of gasoil and heavy fuel oil, with less gasoil than intermediate fuel oil used in the maritime field....

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Adapted versions of these engines are used in various boats and military vehicles.
Automotive and military applications are for instance as AM General’s HMMWV (M16, 135 kW), Panhard’s VBL (M14, 95 kW), Hägglund's Bandvagn 206

Bandvagn 206

Bandvagn 206 is a tracked articulated, all-terrain carrier developed by Hägglunds for the Swedish Army. It consists of two units, with all four tracks powered...

S (M16, 145 kW), UROVESA's URO VAMTAC

URO VAMTAC

The URO VAMTAC is a Spanish four-wheel drive military vehicle manufactured by the UROVESA. It is similar in appearance and design to the HMMWV of the United States military. More than 2,000 of the vehicles have been delivered to the Spanish Armed Forces. Several other countries operate the VAMTAC...

 (M16, 135 kW or M14, 85 kW), BAE Systems' RG-32M LTV

RG Outrider

The RG Outrider, also known by its original designation RG-32M Light Tactical Vehicle , is a 4x4 multi-purpose mine-protected armoured personnel carrier manufactured by BAE Systems of South Africa. It was first introduced in early 2009 as the RG-32M LTV, and was first purchased by Ireland...

 (M16, 200 kW), Force Protection's Ocelot

Ocelot (vehicle)

The Force Protection Ocelot is an armoured vehicle that is scheduled to replace the United Kingdom's Snatch Land Rover with British forces in Afghanistan and Iraq...

(M16, 160 kW).

STEYR HDS

STEYR Hybrid Drive System is a Diesel-electric parallel hybrid system. It allows a clean and silent propulsion within the harbour because the boat can be driven purely by its electic motor. The electric motor can also be use in a 'Boost'-mode to support the Diesel engine to achive better accelerations.