Re: Why They Didn't Build the Avus

[Kwattro@aol.com]

In a message dated 97-08-06 05:02:41 EDT, you write:

<< Just out of curiosity, hasn't someone else designed a working W engine? 
 Couldn't Audi just borrow that?
 
 And probably if they made the Avus it would be aluminum, because one of
 the whole ideas of the Avus was to showcase technological prowess,
 making it the perfect spot to put an aluminum frame.
 
 Elliott
  >>


Ferdinand Porsche designed the first W engine (one crank, three rows of
cylinders) way back in the 1920's.  Don't know if there was ever a working
model.

Carter J
Kwattro@aol.com