Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 20:27:47 GMT From: "Tuuli Kohonen" <tuuli.kohonennopsamnet.fi> Subject: Re: Saab V8
Nothing new guys. The Finns made it first :-) A picture of Saab V8 from late 90's: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~rjh/saabv8.htm. A Finnish company Valmet owned back then both Linnavuori engine factory and Saab assembly plant in Uusikaupunki The chief design engineer of Linnavuori factory got a speeding ticket of his life when he was testing a 9000 equipped with this engine. There should be one car with this engine also in Trollh”ttan car museum Have to admit, this new V8 sounds even better. Seppo "Johannes H Andersen" <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk> kirjoitti viestiss”:3D9A7457.EE27B7E3nopsamanytime.co.uk... > Yep, just read about a 9-5 with a transverse 4.3L V8, 300bhp 400Nm. There > is a picture at engine under the bonnet, looks like there's little room > left over for - you know what I'm thinking about. However, the article > claims that the alu V8 weighs little more that the four. Says the engine > will first appear in a Vauxhall Signum. This suggests that the engine will > not be very unique for Saab. Hmmm, don't know what to say. But in the > context of the field of BMWs, Audi, Mercs, it is perhaps not surprising. > > Johannes