Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know that the K series never was certified for US sales, and is now defunct but I doubt that it "would never meet US emission standards". When BMW bought MG-Rover they were shocked and surprised by how good the K series was, better than any BMW engine in efficiency, so probably no problem to certify if the approximately ?40,000,000 cost were justifiable. Frank On 31 Jan, 2006, at 03:26, John Collier wrote: > True but the Rover K engine would never meet US emission standards. > The Toyota engine is already tested and certified by someone else > which would reduce the costs of bring the car in by quite a bit. > > John Collier > > On 29-Jan-06, at 12:23 AM, Frank Dernie wrote: > >> Even the Elise is suffering, the Toyota engined one has been >> "pimped" as you put it and is about 15% heavier than the K-series >> car, sad, acceleration and top speed notwithstanding. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information