Hey! Are using me also for scaring your children?
Pug engine 1,9i is fair unit for replacing the 1,6 and as I told somewhere before, if Murena would be produced after 1984, than 1,9i would be in it, I think.
Renault engine in Djet was not choosen by Matra, they simply assumed it with the factory. Than they used engines from that producer which they were confederated with (first Ford, than Simca resp.Talbot). If it had been on them, they wanted to produce road cars with their V12 engine, but it was a nonsense a bit
And how it was with Espace? Matra prepaired the project on the Talbot platform but Peugeot decided not to invest money in it because Peugeots managers thought that monospace vehicule won't have succes on the market (ha ha
), so Matra went to ask for money to Citroen but with the same result. Than they went to Renault and Renault said yes. But not because of Renault geniality, but because they had one requirement - stopping the production of Murena! They knew about project 4S (2,2 with 16V technology and cca 180PS) and is fact that Murena was much better than Fuego (with all in front) and don't think that engine behind the rear axle in Alpine is better than middle-engined Murena. If Murena had 2,2 16v and PRV V6, than Alpine A310 would not had any chance. So Matra decided to stop Murena and start to produce the Espace with Renault components
and how it was unsuccesfull is known very well...
thank you very much PSA!