Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 08:48:21 -0500 From: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM> Subject: Re: A modern Vanagon >I remember looking at the new Eurovan a few years back (10 yrs. ago?) at >the Philadelphia Car Show. The rear suspension looked like Vanagon >trailing arms, coil springs, etc. Wouldn't be too hard to throw a rear >engine set up in there. I assumed they left it this way for cost reasons, >or possibly AWD down the road. > > Jay AWD (Syncro was available from day one... in Europe. Not in the states. Then Mike axed; (like the way I'm combining similar responses in one message to save bandwidth?) To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM cc: Subject: Re: A modern Vanagon
>For those of us who don't speak German . . . > >Was that an engine in the back in addition to or instead of the engine in >the front? > >Michael Instead of. 522 hp, 650 nm, 0-60 in 5 sec, 175 mph top speed. The only engine is in the rear and it's a Porsche 993 turbo motor. If it was AWD or front engine/FWD, you'd never be able to get the rear end to kick out like that around the corners. I guess the front could be a trunk, or maybe another fuel tank for those long, high speed cruises. <g> Az -- AH#56 |
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