The Japanese are smarter than that.

On 7/28/08 12:25 PM, "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
wrote:

> that's all pretty correct I'm sure ...........but it's not a V-12 Volkswagen
> engine, it's a W-12, I believe.
> Suprised Japanese companies didn't buy Rolls and Bentley.
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Roger Whittaker
>   To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans
>   Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
>   Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:26 AM
>   Subject: Re: How to access exterior slider track
> 
> 
>   dear all rolls royce (Model Vanagon) owners
>   it has occured to me that the new plant discussed for Tennessee
>   will indeed produce the latest Rolls Royce offering ...
>   wikipedia says ...
> 
>   BMW and Volkswagen split the brands
>   BMW obtained an interest in Rolls-Royce and Bentley in the 1990s, and began
> supplying them with engines in 1998, specifically a V12 for the Rolls-Royce
> Silver Seraph and a twin-turbo 4.4 L V8 to replace the 6.75 L for the Bentley
> Arnage. BMW V8 engines were used exclusively in the Bentley Arnage from 1998
> to 2000, and were steadily phased out from 2000 to 2002.
> 
>   In 1998, Volkswagen and BMW reached an agreement. Volkswagen outbid BMW and
> paid �430 million to permanently have Bentley; additionally, they would have
> permission to produce current models of Rolls-Royce Motors until 2003, at
> which time BMW would retain exclusive rights to the Rolls-Royce franchise
> under the name Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.
> 
>   BMW does not own the rights to produce any pre-2003 Rolls-Royce or Bentley
> engines. The current Rolls-Royce Phantom and its derivatives use a
> naturally-aspirated BMW V12 engine. Though it also displaces 6.75 L, it has no
> technical similarities with the old V8.
> 
>   Under Volkswagen, the Arnage ditched the BMW engine and went back to the old
> turbocharged 6.75 L V8. The Arnage-derived Brooklands uses the most powerful
> version of the engine yet. Both models remain in production alongside newer,
> VW-designed Bentleys based on the Continental GT.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> 
>     well they used to be.
>     now VW owns Bentley, and BMW owns Rolls, or it's the other way around.
>     and they come with VW or BMW engines too, the newer models anyway.
> 
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
>     To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> 
>     Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 9:41 AM
>     Subject: Re: How to access exterior slider track
> 
> 
> 
>       Why not a Rolls Royce? They are very much the same...
> 
>       :P
> 
>       On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Roger Whittaker wrote:
> 
> 
>         dear all
>         before attempting any procedure on a vanagon
>         the very first thing to do is buy a BENTLEY ...
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   -- 
>   roger w 
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