Date:         Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:26:02 -0700
Reply-To:     Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: How to access exterior slider track
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
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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 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Silver_Seraph>and a
twin-turbo <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin-turbo> 4.4 L V8 to replace the
6.75 L for the Bentley Arnage <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_Arnage>.
BMW V8 engines were used exclusively in the Bentley
Arnage<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_Arnage>from 1998 to 2000,
and were steadily phased out from 2000 to 2002.

In 1998, Volkswagen and BMW reached an agreement.
Volkswagen<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen>outbid BMW and paid
£430 million to permanently have Bentley; additionally,
they would have permission to produce current models of Rolls-Royce
Motors<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Phantom_%28BMW%29>and
its derivatives use a
naturally-aspirated <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturally-aspirated> BMW V12
engine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_Brooklands#2008_Brooklands_Coup.C3.A9>uses
the most powerful version of the engine yet. Both models remain in
production alongside newer, VW-designed Bentleys based on the
Continental GT<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_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 ...
>>>
>>


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roger w
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Picking up garbage and telling people things.
Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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