Originally Posted by jkoebel

Force Motors. They make OEM parts for MB, including engines, transmissions, etc. for the SE Asia market in addition to their own vehicles. It's not some knock-off, it's under license from MB in Germany and it's totally above-board.

Unfortunately, the Force Motors OM616a engine isn't in production any more and is only available for "bulk orders for stationary applications" given that their foundry isn't producing them, but customers still might need replacements.

I've been in contact with their exports manager and gotten nowhere, basically -- we'd have to do a group buy of "generators" to be able to get any.