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Old 11-02-2011, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by barry123400 View Post
Direct fuel injection is far from new. It has just never appeared in electronically controlled situations in low cost passenger cars before.
True. The Messerschmidt 109 had a direct injected inverted V12 in the '30s, supplied by Daimler-Benz. The original 300SL also had direct injection.

As for Foci, I haven't owned one, but I've driven several and they are surprisingly fun for a wrong wheel drive economy car. At the expense of big doors and large trunk space, you could look at the Mazda MX-5/Miata. It's like an MGB that you don't have to work on all the time.
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