Um, actually, today's VW 1.9 TDI is a direct descendent of the Rabbit
diesel. It's the same engine, really, but with 30 years of
refinement/development. Gasoline or diesel, it's proven to be an
outstanding design.
Yeah, I know they've got a long history of building cars, but I still
consider Brazilian-built VWs to be suspect. Remember the VW Fox?
I wasn't aware VW had shifted VR6 production to Brazil. Last time I
looked, all VR6s were assembled in Deutchland, then shipped to Brazil,
or Mexico for installation.
Bud Osbourne
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From: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
[mailto:owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net] On Behalf Of David Lieb
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 7:12 PM
To: Spridgets
Subject: Re: 76 Midget trade on craigslist CT
> Surprisingly, VW decided they didn't sell enough of them
> here to make it worthwhile to adapt the TDI unit to the new emission
> specs. Too bad. That's the ONE gasoline engine I know of that has
been
> strong enough to handle being converted to diesel. It's really a
sweet
> little engine.
You have forgotten the Rabbit diesel??? They were the same block
as the gasoline version and very difficult to wear out. I knew a guy
who drove one of those just about forever.
> I think most US market VWs are now assembled in Brazil.
> That's kind of scary
Not at all. Brazil has a LOT of history of building cars. VW, DKW, Fiat,
Ford, Chevy, Chrysler, Toyota have been built there (not merely
assembled) for many years. The MINI Cooper engines have been built
there since BMW started building them. My GTi engine was built there.
David Lieb
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