I-5 motors

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>Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 18:44:07 +0200
>From: Per Lindgren <lindgre at online.no>
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: I-5 motors
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>Burl Vibert wrote:
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>>
>> There is a Daewoo with a 2.9l diesel.
>
>The Daewoo 2.9 diesel is a licensed Mercedes engine. It was originally used 
by the
>Korando factory, which was part owned by Mercedes. It was later bought up by
>Daewoo, but the engine production still continued. Daewoo als has the 2.3 
4-cyl
>gas Mercedes (230E) in their 4x4 cars.
>
>PerL
>92 Cabrio 2.3E

The Saab Variable Compression engine that was shown at Geneva is a 1.6l 
5-cylinder.  The compression is supposed to go from 6:1 to 14:1 (if I remember 
correctly) by means of an elastomerically hinged header.  Supposed to be out 
in 2003 model year.

Matt
'82 4ks
'84 4ksq