Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/04

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica Users digest V20 #127
From: hanap <bpederson@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 16:41:42 -0700
References: <200107042109.OAA22332@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
 
Not only that, besides volk/audi using it for several years in their
cars, Volvo licensed the design from them and has used it in their
midsized cars for the last decade or so.  I have one and it turns out to
be a pretty nice little engine...

> >My favorite TV ad in the late 60's was those German Audi engineers who had
> just
> >come up with a FIVE cylinder engine!
> >Anyone remember that? How long did that last? Longer than the Mazda rotary
> I'm sure!
> 
> The five-cylinder engine was introduced, Mark, in 1975. 


Brent Pederson