Reference to turbos....

[Henry A Harper III]

FYI, the "manufacturer headquartered in Stuttgart's northern suburbs" would
be Porsche (Zuffenhausen). DaimlerChrysler is also co-headquartered in the
Stuttgart area (Sindelfingen?), but neither VW (Wolfsburg) or Audi
(Ingolstadt) HQ's are anywhere near there.

HTH
Henry Harper
(saw the Mercedes museum and Porsche HQ while visiting the Stuttgart area
back in high school)
http://www.henry-harper.com  hah at alumni.rice.edu
1991 200 quattro, 118k, built in Neckarsulm
1988 GTI 16v, 231k, built in Westmoreland, PA

On Tuesday, September 10, 2002 1:40 PM, Dave Aukerman
[SMTP:aukdav at ccsdana.net] wrote:
> A good friend and BMW devote (don't hold it against him) sent this to me
> from his latest issue of the Roundel.
>
> Interesting little jab at the end of the proclamation.
>
> Dave
>
> >
> > --Directly quoted from the Roundel BMW Car Club
> > monthly magazine, written by Bob Roemer in his monthly
> > column Heard on the Strasse:
> >
> > "Twin Turbos?  No thanks:  There's a rumor that the
> > next-generation 5 Series, set to debut at next year's
> > Frankfurt auto show, will be available with a
> > 3.0-liter twin-turbo inline six-cylinder engine.
> > Let's hope not.  Fine for diesel-fueled engines,
> > turbocharging a gasoline engine is a tacit admission
> > by its manufacturer that it is an inefficient design.
> > Although using them in tandem can reduce the notorious
> > lag between stepping on the accelerator and realizing
> > their benefit, turbos are hard pressed to deliver the
> > smooth, instantaneous power of a normally aspiriated
> > engine.  That's why McLaren F1 designer Gordon Murray
> > ruled out turbocharged and supercharged engines for
> > his supercar.  Couple that with the fact that every
> > time you jump on the throttle to impress your friends,
> > the tremendous heat generated by a turbo hastens the
> > demise of your engine.  Perhaps the best idea is to
> > leave this inelegant technology to other carmakers,
> > like the one headqueatered in Stuttgart's northern
> > suburbs."
> >
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> >
> >
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