Why did no one else make engines like VR6 or W12?
>>28917869german autism
>>28917871mostly on the part of ferdinand piëch
same reason VW doesn't make them anymore
Because it's a comprised cope kraut design originally planned for minivans
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>>28917901Corrado?From Berlin to Moscow in one tank:- James May.
>>28917919* my bad >Warsaw.
>>28917901>Because it's a comprised copeWhile I totally agree. Some compromises bring quite a bit of ingenuity and interesting concepts. Though I am sure you salavate at the fact that nearly every engine being 0.5L per cylinder and being turbo charged with 70% of what is on the road being a fucking 2.0L i4 turbo charged most likely hybrid KEKV because you like standardization that much you fucking kraut faggot.
>>28917933BL (Austin etc) had a transverse I6 with a gearbox underneath it.How do you make your I6 short enough to put a gearbox on the end of it?
>>28917946Volvo also had a FWD transverse i6 as well. It's a similar thing with those FWD 8.0l (or 8.2 I dunno) eldorados. I would never "want" one for any practical reason but if I had tok much money I would be damn sure t be purchasing some just to feel what it felt like.
>>28917982Those 500 Cadillacs weren't transverse. It was longitudinal. Great power package for RVs.
>>28917982Some of the European ones can put that to use.An 8.2 FWD by someone like Renault would work if they had a reason to go there.Actually.... Maybe, want.
>>28917986Longitudinal FWD? Renault 21 had transverse and longitudinal, you can tell because the front wings are longer on one.
>>28917988>An 8.2 FWD by someone like Renault would work if they had a reasonIt worked when the Americans did it, and they didn't have a reason. It'd work if they engineered it. That's it.
>>28917990GM started with longitudinally-mounted V8s doing FWD. The Toronado was their first. They didn't bother turning the engine sideways until 1979.
>>28917996I've seen those. Cool.
>>28917999They used that power package to build the GMC motorhome, and people used them to build their own motorhomes as well. It is weird as hell, yeah. But it worked really well.
>>28918003Amazing how that got anywhere with the amount of truck fags touting about how they deal with 12,000 foot elevations, mud pits, illegal 6.5% grades and dune pre running as everyones regular day.
>>289179902WD non-Golf-based Audis are longitudinal FWD, their gearboxes are sometimes used for MR kitcars.Saab did longitudinal FWD as well in the 1st gen 900, and Citroën did longitudinal front-mid-engined FWD with the DS and SM.
>>28918012It was a different time. Trucks weren't really seen as status symbols. People bought body-on-frame sedans to drag the family around. The bigger the better. Nobody cared if your RV had a diesel or not. They cared that it worked and wasn't too hard to drive. The GM power package was convenient, easy to dial in for your needs, reliable and simple. It wasn't until the early 2000s where people got nuts on diesel trucks.
>>28918016Saab FWD two stroke.Just because.
>>28918026Here's some wacky shit: NSU RO 80, longitudinal FWD 2-rotor Wankel engine, with bonus inboard disc brakes.This drivetrain layout is what Audi still uses on their bigger models today.
>>28917933>because you like standardization that muchNope. its because I actually own a vr6 and preach from experience when a failed 20 dollar plastic tensioner fails and you can't pull the engine out to do it on a stand and requires half the car to be disassembled because the timing chain is located behind the fucking flywheel.
>>28918056Euro cars respond best if you lift the car off the engine.Mostly.
>>28918026that reminds me of this old post on here
>>28917871Fpbp
