Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 00:12:13 +0100 From: "SimonJ" <menopsam.com> Subject: Re: So.. why is the engine in back to front?
> > origional 99, had a triumph engine, and it is from that engine that all > > Saabs current engines have evolved, > > This statement is clearly very false. > > The current petrol 3.0l V6 engine has no relation to the Triumph engine. > The current petrol 2.3l I4 engine has no relation to the Triumph engine. > The current petrol 2.0l I4 engine has no relation to the Triumph engine. > The current diesel 3.0l V6 engine has no relation to the Triumph engine. > The current diesel 2.2l I4 engine has no relation to the Triumph engine. > > The previous petrol 2.3l I4 engine had no relation to the Triumph engine. > > The first petrol 2.0l I4 from 1972 shared some design features with > the Triumph engine (like the bent engine block[1]) but all designs > starting with the first 2.3l I4 are quite different (like having a > straight engine block). > > With the exception of the current Vauxhall/Opel engines that Saab have recently started using, all the Saab 4 cylinder petrol engines have evolved from the Triumph engine. The comment I was replying to (that you snipped) was that Saab designed the original engine and transmission from scratch, which they clearly didn't as the original engine was a completely unchanged Triumph engine.
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