Cars with engines you never new existed

[DaveH23]

We have recently had the cars you never knew existed thread and there are some real gems in there but recently I have seen a few posts with cars I knew about but had engines in them I didn’t expect or know about.

I will set the ball rolling:

The MG ZT with a V8 - http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Didn’t realise until this thread came along that this car was available with this engine.

In another thread somebody mentioned the a Jag S type with a V8 aswell - I always thought this was an oil burning motorway cruiser.

Simple rule is the engine must be factory built in to the car so no crazy engine conversions.

Over to you..

[Captain Muppet]

How about a topic "words with silent letters you never knew existed"?

[ReedyGT]

Captain Muppet said:

How about a topic "words with silent letters you never knew existed"?

[mnkiboy]

I only realised this week that BMW make a 114i. Not that exciting really.

[Flipatron]

mnkiboy said:

I only realised this week that BMW make a 114i. Not that exciting really.

Knowing BMWs badge policy it's probably a 2.5

[Cupramax]

Captain Muppet said:

How about a topic "words with silent letters you never knew existed"?

you've gotta love the subtlety on here sometimes

[simonrockman]

How can you post about something you don't know exists? isn't that a paradox.

next you will be telling us you don't know what an 8.32 is.


How about the Ferrari 208? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_308_GTB#208_G...

[Johnnytheboy]

I recently saw a crazy looking man driving a (first shape) Mercedes ML 400 CDi.

Turns out you could get a 4 litre V8 diesel one in Europe - how he'd obtained an RHD one I don't know.

[trashbat]

It took me a long time to find out that Alfa made a 2.0 V6 turbo - Edizione Taxdodgio.

Edit: as per the 208 too (same principle, not same engine)

[markCSC]

I didn't realise that the Ford Mondeo came with the 2.5 T5 volvo engine

[Fun Bus]

mnkiboy said:

I only realised this week that BMW make a 114i. Not that exciting really.

Really? Blimey. Is it mainland Europe only?

Years ago I never understood why Rover put the 1.1 in the 200 series making the 211i. That was painful that was although I seem to remember selling one.

[Vince70]

I didn't know till a few years ago that ford made an escort 950cc
Now I bet that had trouble getting up hills 4up

[deltashad]

They did a Mercedes 190e 2.3 I only found out about recently (not a Cosworth engine).

[Steamer]

simonrockman said:

How can you post about something you don't know exists? isn't that a paradox.

next you will be telling us you don't know what an 8.32 is.


How about the Ferrari 208? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_308_GTB#208_G...

Okay, well thats a new one on me..

I only recently found out the Marina was fitted with A 1.5-litre diesel version, using an engine developed from the B-Series, was offered in a few European countries where the tax rates favoured oilburners. With no more than 37 or 40 hp on offer!!

Damn that must of been a joy to drive back in 1972

[McHaggis]

Steamer said:

Okay, well thats a new one on me..

I only recently found out the Marina was fitted with A 1.5-litre diesel version, using an engine developed from the B-Series, was offered in a few European countries where the tax rates favoured oilburners. With no more than 37 or 40 hp on offer!!

Damn that must of been a joy to drive back in 1972

It was only 965kg, so 41hp/tonne.
The Mk 5 Polo 1.2 (3 cyl) is 59 hp and (I think 1120kg) so 52hp/tonne.

Horribly underpowered cars still exist....

[Caulkhead]

Johnnytheboy said:

I recently saw a crazy looking man driving a (first shape) Mercedes ML 400 CDi.

Turns out you could get a 4 litre V8 diesel one in Europe - how he'd obtained an RHD one I don't know.

By going to his local Merc dealer and buying one - they were sold here too!

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

[Lee540]

I only recently saw my first ever Volkswagen Passat B5 with the W8 engine.. made me want one!

[kambites]

Steamer said:

Okay, well thats a new one on me..

I only recently found out the Marina was fitted with A 1.5-litre diesel version, using an engine developed from the B-Series, was offered in a few European countries where the tax rates favoured oilburners. With no more than 37 or 40 hp on offer!!

Judging by the quality of the roads in Eastern Europe now, and extrapolating back to what they were probably like in the 70s, it would be a bit pointless to have much more power because you can't do more than 20mph on most of them anyway.

[McHaggis]

Caulkhead said:

By going to his local Merc dealer and buying one - they were sold here too!

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

That's not a first generation.

[Caulkhead]

McHaggis said:

Caulkhead said:

By going to his local Merc dealer and buying one - they were sold here too!

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

That's not a first generation.

And that's because I didn't read the post i replied to carefully enough!