NAC: worst engine in the world award

[LL - NY]

I think the more appropriate description would be the diesel Chevette is less
slow than the gas one.

LL - NY

On 1/8/09, John Lagnese <jlagnese at massed.net> wrote:
>
> Speaking of diesel GM cars, does anyone remember that the diesel
> Chevette was much faster than the gas Chevette.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
> On Behalf Of David Ullrich
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:01 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: NAC: worst engine in the world award
>
> Bah, I wonder if y'all might be too young to remember the really BAD
> engines
> of the past. The engines mentioned so far are all perfectly fine engines
> when comapred to thigns like the Caddilac V4-6-8 (GMs first and most
> terrible attempt at fuel savings by cylinder deactivation) or the Olds
> small
> block 350 Diesel (which ruined the image of Diesels in the USA forever,
> still hurting the image of Diesel eve today). THOSE were truely terrible
> engines.
>
> Dave
> -Audiless for now
> -Wanted: 1987 CGT Triple White
>
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Louis-Alain Richard
> <larichard at plguide.com>wrote:
>
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > i believe that the small block buick v8 has the unofficial title of
> the
> > "worst engine in the world".
> >
> >
> > No Dennis and Dave, the absolute worst engine in the world was the 2,5
> > liter
> > GM 4-cylinder. Maybe it was longer lasting than the Vega's or the
> Buick,
> > but
> > it was gutless, thirsty, noisy, trashy and obsolete. An horror. The
> Ford
> > Tempo 2,3 liter was a gem in comparison.
> >
> > Louis-Alain
> > Who spent its youth at the wheel of these obscure machines...
> >
> >
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