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Marketing vs. accounting.
Posted by Stephen Goldberger (more from Stephen Goldberger) on Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:30:44
In Reply to: Linear v/s Arc, iajtapmas, Sun, 24 Aug 2003 08:50:36
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The V-6 is an expensive engine - more expensive than the much more powerful HOT 4 in the Aero (or the new 220 hp engine in the '04 Arc.) Marketing fully realizes that they will lose sales b/c they have only 4 cylinder models, but accounting would rather lose some sales and have a greater net revenue on each Arc sold.
From a reliability issue, I've heard of no particular problems from the 9-5 V-6. From a technical view, the asymmetric turbocharging is sort of neat - self regulating (there's no wastegate), and with the turbine scroll machined directly into the exhaust maifold. Performance wise, it really transforms the engine from a kind of peaky, high-rpm motor to a real workhorse. Maintenance costs are a little higher, as are fuel costs.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Linear v/s Arc, iajtapmas, Sun, 24 Aug 2003 08:50:36
- Re: Linear v/s Arc, saabnewbe, Tue, 26 Aug 2003 09:20:17
- Re: Linear v/s Arc, Ben, Mon, 25 Aug 2003 07:56:26
- Re: Linear v/s Arc, John in Bismarck, Mon, 25 Aug 2003 06:21:13
- Marketing vs. accounting., Stephen Goldberger, Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:30:44 <-- Viewing This Message
- Turbo or V6 Passat?....., Mike Lynch , Sun, 24 Aug 2003 11:59:43
- Re: Linear v/s Arc, Greg W, Sun, 24 Aug 2003 09:33:07
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