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From: seifert@ihuxl.UUCP (D.A. Seifert)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re:Porche 944 aluminum block
Message-ID: <781@ihuxl.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 6-Dec-83 09:12:47 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  6 09:12:47 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 9-Dec-83 01:33:32 EST
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Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, Il
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GM doesn't exactly have the greatest track record in the world
for successfully introducing new technology. They tried to build
a rotary engine and failed.  They tried to build a rear-engine
car and made Ralph Nader a household word.  They *still* haven't
figured out how to build brakes that will stop a car without
putting it into a spin. They tried to build a car with an aluminum
block and blew it.

Porsche's designers thankfully don't have the same track
record.

		motoring around with a cast-iron block designed
		20 years ago that just took the F1 championship
		(wonder how much they want for the 4 valve-per-
		cyl head and the turbos?),
		Snoopy
		Madeira 320i autocrossing
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