Today marks the begin of production of an all-new Chrysler engine, a 3.6-liter V-6 unit that’s being built in Trenton, Michigan. Chrysler states the Pentastar V-6 is its most advanced powerplant ever. It’s a 24-valve, dual-overhead-camshaft design with variable timing for intake and exhaust valves. The block and head are aluminum, and it can run on either regular-grade gasoline or E85 biofuel.

We’ll first see the engine in the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee later this year. In that configuration, the Pentastar V-6 will produce 290 hp at 6350 rpm and 260 lb-ft of torque at 4300 rpm.

By 2014, the 3.6-liter unit will nearly entirely replace the 3.5-liter V-6 that currently dominates the Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep lineup. That means we’ll see it in updated versions of the Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger, as well as other applications. Chrysler hints that the engine could eventually be upgraded with turbocharging, direct injection, or Fiat’s Multiair technology.

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