I could be wrong but the new land rovers i believe have BMW designed
engines in them now. I think ford will get to use the BMW engines
for a while. THen you'll probably see the alum v8's from the jags
in them. Just my guess
Matt Ritter
>
> Message text written by "Mark the Shark"
> >I just had a thought. Who will hold the rights to the Rover V8? Does
> Ford
> get it from the purchase of Land Rover? Does Rover retain the rights?
> Does
> BMW keep it?
> I think that the rights are going to the highest bidder. Current bid is
> $12.50 plus a used pair of liederhosen. ;-)
>
> Actually, I think that Ford will eventually stream in one of their V8's but
> they won't make any drastic changes initially and will continue with the
> Rover (ne Buick) V8 for a while. But this is speculation on my part.
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