Re: Is the Porsche 924 really an Audi?

[Mike Loeks <mloeks@columbia-center.org>]

At 07:11 PM 10/5/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I would like your help to have a rumor confirmed or debunked.  I seem to
>remember hearing sometime ago that the engine in the Porsche 924 was derived
>from an Audi truck engine.  Now I have no idea if Audi even makes trucks,
>but I would be interested in knowing if the engine rumor is true.  Also, I
>may be bordering on herecy here, but did Audi and/or VW share any engine
>designs with Chrysler?  I ask because some time ago I was assisting a friend
>to repair his 85 LeBaron GTS, and I noticed his engine looked like an
>oversized VW 1.8L 8V.  Any thoughts?
>
>Jim
>
>
Jim,
  I had a Porsche 924, and the rumor you heard is true. The same engine was
used in the Audi 100, a VW van, and the AMC Gremlin (yuck!). As a matter of
fact, VW-Audi even built the early 924's (and some 944's) as well. My father
had a Dodge Omni that had a VW 1.8.  Even had the VW/Audi logo cast into the
cylinder head. Wouldn't surprise me at all if other Chrysler products had
VW/Audi engines.
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