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Subject:Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
From:mdrillock
Date:Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:04:15 -0800

VW not only put inline 4 engines into Vanagons, they did so years before
the waterboxer even came out.

1981  17,000  inline 4  watercooled
1982  60,000  inline 4  watercooled
1983  43,000  inline 4  watercooled
1985  46,000  inline 4  watercooled
1986  75,000  inline 4  watercooled
1987  45,000  inline 4  watercooled
1988  63,000  inline 4  watercooled
1989  70,000  inline 4  watercooled
1990  64,000  inline 4  watercooled
1991  16,000  inline 4  watercooled
1992  11,000  inline 4  watercooled
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yep  555,000  inline 4 engines used in German Vanagon or T3 production,
according to one source