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Re: straight-6 vs. v-six (archive)
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Posted by Gorden Kirsch on June 11, 2000 at 20:48:47:

In Reply to: straight-6 vs. v-six posted by jonny on June 05, 2000 at 20:51:06:

In the late '77 BMW had three Motor-concepts for the top-E21. a 4 and two 6-Zyl. The in-line-6 won because ist was less thursty an had less weight. That's the main reasons. It was the time, when gas-prices raised very fast. The oil-crises had reached Germany about 2 years before.

I hope I could help, greetings from Germany, Gorden


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