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Subject:Oops, inline 4s, was invention of the WBX?
From:mdrillock
Date:Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:49:06 -0800

Oops, left out the entry for 1984 -  45,000
already in the total though

mdrillock wrote:
> 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
>
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