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-Dave '91 GLI 16V In a message dated 1/25/00 4:12:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > For many years I've wondered why the US must produce heavy cars with big > engines to carry a couple of people while the Europeans do it with less than > half of each. Ironically, the US is endorsing stricter emissions. On this > side of the Atlantic most BMW 7-series are 728's and 5-series are 520's > while they send you the 740's and 540's putting out twice the emission and > MPG; and it's the US with the strict 90kph speed limit. You only need that > much torque to move the car and a 2L moves the BMW decently and up to > 200+kph. The 4L you get is overkill. To the guy claiming the Golf hasn't > decent torque: go down a gear or get an auto box to do it for you. Ferrari > produced a V8 2.0L 328 in the eighties for their local market with twin > turbo's producing as much power as the big engined model. Mercedes has a 2L > and a 2.3L Kompressor engine producing identical torque & power output to > the 2.8L NA with less emissions and better MPG. _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
