[s-cars] I think its a V5 actually, hard to believe but seemingly true

[manuel]

Maybe I've been smokin somethin', while I have seen the Autoweek article 
few weeks, maybe even months ago that had a review of the car, it seems as 
though very recently, near the front of the mag they had a tiny article, 3 
sentences or so with a small picture, all inside that yellow orange 
highlighting method they use for the short stuff, and I could swear the 
thing said V 5 (the older article had an image with the 2.5 logo).

Guess I should see about getting those exhaust leaks repaired, or crackin 
the window, or just maybe getting ride of the crack pipe all together.

-manny "seeing pink elephants everywhere" sanchez

-----Original Message-----
From:	Robert Rossato [SMTP:r0ssat0_987 at att.net]
Sent:	Thursday, February 10, 2005 11:07 PM
To:	keith at maddock.com; 'manuel'
Cc:	s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject:	RE: [s-cars] I think its a V5 actually,hard to believe but 
seemingly true

> >
> > According to Autoweek its a V5, very strange to imagine,
> but the accompanying pic shows the valve cover clearly saying "V5".
>
> VAG has had a "V5" (VR6 minus one cylinder, how unbalanced must that
> be?) for a few years now.    I drove a V5 Golf4 GTI for a bit in
> Koblenz, it was fairly decent, I think it was also specc'd as 150hp.
>
> But the new Jetta engine, according to multiple sources that I have
> read, is a inline 5 , based on the 2.0L engine family.  (not half of a
> Lambo 5.0L which is just an Audi 4.2 with 2 extra cylinders, IIRC).
>
> Never trust Autoweek's pictures, they are horrrible for
> picture accuracy.
>
> Cheers,
> Keith

Actually, the Autoweek I saw very clearly states it's an inline 5 and
the photo shows an intake manifold design consistent with an inline
engine.  The only script the engine cover had was "2.5L".

I'm still having trouble believing they were able to fit an inline 5
transversely in that car.  Maybe they took a page from the VR6 and new
Audi V8 and use a timing chain at the back of the engine.

Bob


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