A while back there was a discussion of Rover V6 engines and someone
wondered what had happened to the monster twin turbo V6 that was used
for a short while in the MG Metro rally car/monster. A colleague seems
to think that this engine is the basis for the engine in the Jaguar
XJ220. This would make sense since Jaguar tried to lower the cost and
not develop the V12 that the car was intially shown with but on the
other hand it seems a little strange politically since Jaguar and the
Rover group don't have any other alliances (or at least that I've heard
of). Any comments or thoughts? Is this fact or fiction?
Felix Klauser
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