Well very good Karl. I was being careful there when I wrote 'first opposed 4
diesel' ....I knew maybe it should say 'first car' ..or 'first production'
etc.  Also, just being picky, notice I wrote 'first opposed TURBO diesel',
so your correction is not quite fully accurate :-)  !

  And thanks for posting this picture and article.  Seems odd that in all
the  many years of vw familiarity I've had ....since the 60's ....in all
this time I've never heard of the 1951 vw bug with experimental diesel
engine by porsche.
  25 hp too ......let's put one in a syncro vanagon !!

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Karl Mullendore
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:25 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Subaru Boxer TURBO Diesel

First PRODUCTION flat four diesel. :-)
http://www.ltv-vwc.org.uk/wheelspin/ws_aug-sept-2003/diesel-beetle.html

Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote:
> As I understand it, it will be an opposed four, like all 'regular' subaru
> engines, and thus I would expect, would fit in a vanagon.
> Cracked heads are not a subaru regular thing, so I would hope they'll get
> that right.
> It will also be the world's first opposed four  ( boxer layout ) turbo
> diesel engine.