First car with?.....

[Eighteeteewhy]

A thread for the nerds.

First European car with 16 valves, Citroen BX16v. (or was it first with twin cam? )

So amaze us with your beardy car knowledge.

Over to you.

@

[Baggio850]

First mass produced car with a V12 mated to a 6 speed manual gearbox...

Any guesses?

[GoodDoc]

Eighteeteewhy said:

A thread for the nerds.

First European car with 16 valves, Citroen BX16v. (or was it first with twin cam? )

So amaze us with your beardy car knowledge.

Over to you.

@

Hmmm.... Are you sure? The 1973 Triumph Dolomite sprint had 16 valves (albeit with a single camshaft), and any number of Alfas and Fiats had twin cams long before the BX rolled of the production line in 1982.

Edited by GoodDoc on Wednesday 6th June 18:32

[Bisonhead]

Baggio850 said:

First mass produced car with a V12 mated to a 6 speed manual gearbox...

Any guesses?

Countach?

[motorizer]

Eighteeteewhy said:

A thread for the nerds.

First European car with 16 valves, Citroen BX16v. (or was it first with twin cam? )

So amaze us with your beardy car knowledge.

Over to you.

@

you need to add the words "production car" otherwise you're about 70 years out on both counts

[mikeveal]

First (commercial) car with variable valve timing?

1990 Honda CRX

[KevinA3DSG32]

Any Rover V8 engined car had 16 valves..... I assume you mean a 4 cylinder?

[Eighteeteewhy]

GoodDoc said:

Hmmm.... Are you sure? Triumph Dolomite sprint had 16 valves, and any number of Alfas and Fiats had twin cams long before the BX rolled of the production line.

Ok maybe it's the first French car.

[angusc43]

GoodDoc said:

Eighteeteewhy said:

A thread for the nerds.

First European car with 16 valves, Citroen BX16v. (or was it first with twin cam? )

So amaze us with your beardy car knowledge.

Over to you.

@

Hmmm.... Are you sure? Triumph Dolomite sprint had 16 valves, and any number of Alfas and Fiats had twin cams long before the BX rolled of the production line.

I always thought the Dolly Sprint was first regular production car with 16 valves.

Fiats, Lancias and Alfas were available with twin cams for a couple of decades before the BX appeared.

[300bhp/ton]

Do you mean more than 2v per cylinder? As any V8 will be 16v minimum.

[Eighteeteewhy]

Ok, it's the first French, four cylinder, production, 16v car....maybe.

[Gooly]

First production road car with 100bhp/litre, Sierra Cosworth.

[williamp]

angusc43 said:

GoodDoc said:

Eighteeteewhy said:

A thread for the nerds.

First European car with 16 valves, Citroen BX16v. (or was it first with twin cam? )

So amaze us with your beardy car knowledge.

Over to you.

@

Hmmm.... Are you sure? Triumph Dolomite sprint had 16 valves, and any number of Alfas and Fiats had twin cams long before the BX rolled of the production line.

I always thought the Dolly Sprint was first regular production car with 16 valves.

Fiats, Lancias and Alfas were available with twin cams for a couple of decades before the BX appeared.

...and as he only said European car, not mass produced then you can include bentley from the 1920ws with their 4 valve head.

[Yuxi]

Lotus 900 series engine had 16 valves and two camshafts in 1972

[MG CHRIS]

First production car to hit 200mph?

[james_gt3rs]

MG CHRIS said:

First production car to hit 200mph?

F40?

[kambites]

james_gt3rs said:

MG CHRIS said:

First production car to hit 200mph?

F40?

Think so.

Going back a bit further - first production car to hit 100mph?

[rohrl]

The VW Golf GTI 16S was sold through main dealers in France and Switzerland with a 1.6 litre 16 valve Oettinger engine (S for soupapes which is French for valves) and that was in 1981.

First car with four wheel drive? That'd be the 1903 Spyker 60HP.

[Baggio850]

Bisonhead said:

Countach?

I always thought the Countach had a 5 speed box?

BMW 850 was apparently the first car with a 6 speed manual and V12 combo.

[swifthobo]

First production car with a turbo and supercharger combo.... Datsun/nissan march/micra super turbo