For the performance minded folks on our list ...

From 12/15/99 National Speed Sport News:  "Initial dynomometer tests
of the German-built, eight-valve, 2-liter Volkswagen powerplant, which
will be standard equipment in next year's U.S. Formula 3 racing
series, were declared a success this week. ... the uprated engine,
found in the Gulf (sic), Jetta and Beetle, ran for a full hour with no
problems."