dead wrong here. The originl six from back in the early 1990's was, but even then with many mods to it. Chrysler paid cash up front for the R&D, and even went so far as to buy the equipment to manufacture it. At the time Cummins needed the working capital, and signed an exclusive contract with Chrysler. Ford tried to buy the same engine more than once, and were turned away. The next generation was completely owned by Chrysler, and the following versions the same after that. Cummins did develope the motor, but trust me they didn't have a dime invested in it. Now Chrysler owns all the copyrights to it as well as the intellectual property rights. And before you ask who my source was; let me put it to you this, he was the head of all manufacturing and he only answered to the board of directors. That would be Mr. Lucas himself, and if you worked there you worked for him; no matter what plant you were in.
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These are your words and you are absolutely wrong. I have up the entire quote so nothing can be taken out of context. Cummins and Case did all the development on the 5.9 6BT, not Chrysler. Chrysler does not "own all the copyrights to it as well as the intellectual property rights." There is no reference to pickup trucks. You focusing on the entire research and development of the motor and it's offsprings.
Cummins did not get the working capital from Chrysler to help save their company. They got it from Ford, Tenneco, and Kubota to the tune of about $250 million.
