to german enginering...

[luke]

im talking 1920s and earlier
direct quote from "the history of progress" the audi factory
official history book
" audi's first six-cylinder model appeared in 1923 with an all-alloy engine"

or

"an audi engine cast in pairs, non-detachable cylinder head and light alloy
cross-member" (1913)

ill find the exact quote i was referring to as well
something like 'august horch was the first automobile engineer to experiment
with lightening alloys.'
but ill get the exact quote...
maybe ill post some of the other really cool tidbits from this book...

luke
90tq

> "luke" <maytagasm at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> >and august horch was the first automobile engineer to ever specifically
> >try to lighten
> >his cars... by using alloys for the blocks...
>
> Not quite. There might be others, but I distinctly remember the ill-fated
> Hillman Imp of the mid-1960s as having an all-alloy engine. Audi might
have
> been one of the first to actually do it successfully...
>
> Tom
>
>