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pothole · 03-12-2012, 07:12 PM

If it does appear, I doubt it will have a naturally aspirated flat six, which it what it needs to catch my interest. Flat fours are nice enough, but they're just not as delightful as flat sixes. And turbo charging just does crappy things to the response and engine note.

A flat four might even be in doubt if it has to share a great deal of its engineering with VW. The VW version will almost definitely be transverse in-line four which is rather different from longitudinal flat four.

Done right with a flat six, it could be spectacular - probably would be similar to an early 986. But I can't see it happening that way.

03-12-2012, 07:12 PM	#3
pothole Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: UK Posts: 874	If it does appear, I doubt it will have a naturally aspirated flat six, which it what it needs to catch my interest. Flat fours are nice enough, but they're just not as delightful as flat sixes. And turbo charging just does crappy things to the response and engine note. A flat four might even be in doubt if it has to share a great deal of its engineering with VW. The VW version will almost definitely be transverse in-line four which is rather different from longitudinal flat four. Done right with a flat six, it could be spectacular - probably would be similar to an early 986. But I can't see it happening that way. __________________ Manual '00 3.2 S Arctic Silver