Porsche was not the last air-cooled car manufacturer. Tatra continued making its big T700 air-cooled V8 rear-engined sedans right up until March 1999 which was after Porsche ceased production of its air-cooled 911 sportscars. And, of course, Volkswagen still make the air-cooled "old" Beetle in Mexico and the air-cooled "old" T2 Transporters in Brazil. Simon Glen, Toowoomba, Australia 1992 VW T3 Transporter Syncro van 1969 VW 411
Andrew Grebneff wrote: > >I think it had to do with emisson standards and the air we breathe. > > That and noise-suppression; cooling fins vibrate and transmit a lot of > noise. This is largely why Porsche, the last aircooled car manufacturer, > changed to watercooling. The Japanese bike manufacturers changed long ago. |
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