Date:         Mon, 29 May 2000 02:00:21 +0200
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
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From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: Sharan (was: The Coming 450 HP VW Colorado - NO JOKE)
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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Andrew Grebneff wrote:

>  Now, it they'd bring the TDI Syncro Sharan here in Westfalia
> >(or at least weekender) form.....
> >
> >Keith Adams
>
> I have heard that the Sharan (and its "Ford Galaxy"-badged version) has a
> horrible reliability record in Europe>

What do you expect when you take 1 hand of Ford parts, one hand of VW parts,
throw into pot and simmer for a few months, before revealing the product? You
get a bastard, a Frankenstein of cars.

In the Sharan lineup, all engines are VW (1,9 TDI 90 or 110 hp, 2,0 gas 115
hp, 1,8T 150 hp or 2,8 VR6 174 hp)
In the Galaxy lineup, the TDIs and the VR6 are VW engines, the fours are
replaced by Ford units, wither a 2,0 with 115 hp (alternative to the VW 2,0)
or a 2,3 with 150 hp (alternative to the 1,8T).

I haven't heard of many reliability problems, but these cars are not too
popular in Norway anyway.

PerL