Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 18:09:53 +0000 (UTC) From: "SimonJ" <Menopsam.net> Subject: Re: Help - motor crashed on 94 V6
> > Your friend should have bought a Saab with a Saab engine, not the crappy > V6 > > which Saab only started fitting because you bloody yanks cant accept that > a > > straight 4 engine is any good, you all go insisting on V's. > > > Dear Simon, > > I don't know if you are aware that this V6 engine is straight out of Opel > Omega > Yes I am aware of this thanks, and I never said that is was a yank engine, what I did say is that Saab only started to fit the V6 when they were trying to penetrate the american market, not because it is in any way a good engine, but because the yanks want V engines just for the sake of it. The fact that the 4 cylinder engine is far more powerful, flexible and smooth is of no consequence, they want a V.