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Subject:Re: VW V-6 diesel in Volvos? (no Vanagon)
From:Raimund Feussner
Date:Fri, 18 Aug 2000 20:28:30 +0200
> I was talking to a friend who has been to Europe lately, who claims that
> Volvo uses a VW-built V-6 diesel in some of their cars there. Can anyone
>  verify that, and tell what models the engine was available in? Thanks!

A VW-V6-Diesel in a Volvo is new to me, but Volvo definitely bought the
patents of the 5-cyl. TDI from Audi. The petrol 5-cyl. is a Volvo
construction, but the Diesel comes from the �91-�97 Audi 100/A6.

They are used in the Volvo 850 and its facelift version, the V70.

Raimund