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Old 11-18-2005, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by iNeon
dieseljim--
I hear the next neon(titled calibre) will be powered by a vw sourced diesel engine in europe. theyll likely never bring it here, but if they do... i know one boy who will be first in line!

why would they use a vw engine whenever dcx has plenty of small diesels kicking around in europe, though?
Back in the mid 80's Crysler did use VW engines on a few of the small cars......Like the Dodge Omni if I remember as the base engine....for a couple years anyway. But that was a gasser not not a diesel.
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