Re: V12? Why not V10 twin-turbo? (warning: no Audi content)

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In a message dated 96-08-20 18:21:58 EDT, br00206@binghamton.edu (Chris
Lemon) writes:

<< The rover V8 is actually a Buick (yes, Buick) design that Rover
 purchased the rights to in the late '60s.  The SAME design is still in use
 today; Rover has not changed a thing since they started to use it... >>

Actually, they have changed plenty. About all that remains of teh Buick is
what you might call basic architecture.  Power is up big time, displacement,
too, in a couple of steps. Add modern fuel injection, diagnostics, and a
modicum of reliability.  The Buick engineers (presuming they are still alive)
would recognize very little.