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Originally Posted by bradleyland
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Originally Posted by jackmcclane
Since Scott was talking about a 4cyl. engine which could be used in the X1M AND the M2 I'm confused about how this is possible?! So far I know you can't use a transverse mounted engine in the front made for FWD also for RWD, or change it (easy) to RWD setup. - please correct me if I'm wrong.
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It's not the exact same engine, but VW/Audi did this for a long time back when they 1.8T was new. Audi Quattro cars had an inline-mounted version of the 1.8T that was transversely mounted in all FWD VW and Audi cars. It wasn't the same exact engine, but it was very similar. They might still do this today with the 2.0T, but I don't know. I know that Audi has Quattro systems that work with transverse mounted engines now days.
It does mean additional development costs, but it's cheaper than developing two completely different engines. |
Wrong. 1.8t is not transverse on all FWD VWs. Not that it really matters...