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Old 01-23-2008, 11:45 AM
manny manny is offline
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Originally Posted by deanyel View Post
The point is the engines have changed. I believe MB boasted to Wall Street that they had cut nearly half of the production cost of the 112 engine family versus the prior engines.
I think everybody ( but you ) knows, an inline 6 cylinder engine is much more expensive to build than a V - 6 engine.
The cost & packaging have prompted most manufacturers ( BMW being one exeption ) to switch to the V - 6 engine.
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