PSA ES/L engine

The ES/L is a 60 degree, all-aluminium, double overhead camshaft 24 valve V6 petrol engine co-developed by PSA, the Peugeot and Citroën group, and Renault to replace the 90 degree PRV V6. It was introduced in 1997 on the Peugeot 406 Coupé and built by Française de Mécanique. PSA calls it the ES and Renault the L. Its single version, the ES9 or L7X, displaces 2946 cc with an 87 by 82.6 mm bore and stroke and first made 140 kW. Porsche retuned the PSA version in 2000 with variable valve timing on the intake cams, giving 152 kW, and Tom Walkinshaw Racing built a competition version for the Renault Clio V6. A planned 3.3 litre size never reached production. PSA stopped using it when Euro 5 arrived in 2010, replacing it with the turbocharged Prince four-cylinder.