Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:01:55 -0700
Reply-To: Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
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From: Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject: Re: How to access exterior slider track
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The Japanese are smarter than that.
On 7/28/08 12:25 PM, "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
wrote:
> that's all pretty correct I'm sure ...........but it's not a V-12 Volkswagen
> engine, it's a W-12, I believe.
> Suprised Japanese companies didn't buy Rolls and Bentley.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Roger Whittaker
> To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:26 AM
> Subject: Re: How to access exterior slider track
>
>
> dear all rolls royce (Model Vanagon) owners
> it has occured to me that the new plant discussed for Tennessee
> will indeed produce the latest Rolls Royce offering ...
> wikipedia says ...
>
> BMW and Volkswagen split the brands
> BMW obtained an interest in Rolls-Royce and Bentley in the 1990s, and began
> supplying them with engines in 1998, specifically a V12 for the Rolls-Royce
> Silver Seraph and a twin-turbo 4.4 L V8 to replace the 6.75 L for the Bentley
> Arnage. BMW V8 engines were used exclusively in the Bentley Arnage from 1998
> to 2000, and were steadily phased out from 2000 to 2002.
>
> In 1998, Volkswagen and BMW reached an agreement. Volkswagen outbid BMW and
> paid £430 million to permanently have Bentley; additionally, they would have
> permission to produce current models of Rolls-Royce Motors until 2003, at
> which time BMW would retain exclusive rights to the Rolls-Royce franchise
> under the name Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.
>
> BMW does not own the rights to produce any pre-2003 Rolls-Royce or Bentley
> engines. The current Rolls-Royce Phantom and its derivatives use a
> naturally-aspirated BMW V12 engine. Though it also displaces 6.75 L, it has no
> technical similarities with the old V8.
>
> Under Volkswagen, the Arnage ditched the BMW engine and went back to the old
> turbocharged 6.75 L V8. The Arnage-derived Brooklands uses the most powerful
> version of the engine yet. Both models remain in production alongside newer,
> VW-designed Bentleys based on the Continental GT.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
> well they used to be.
> now VW owns Bentley, and BMW owns Rolls, or it's the other way around.
> and they come with VW or BMW engines too, the newer models anyway.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 9:41 AM
> Subject: Re: How to access exterior slider track
>
>
>
> Why not a Rolls Royce? They are very much the same...
>
> :P
>
> On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Roger Whittaker wrote:
>
>
> dear all
> before attempting any procedure on a vanagon
> the very first thing to do is buy a BENTLEY ...
>
>
>
>
> --
> roger w
> There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
> Picking up garbage and telling people things.
> Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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