Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >>In a message dated 5/21/02 2:50:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >>Afterswift@aol.com writes: >> >> > I know of no car >> > in any price class that runs 16 cylinders. > > > There have been numerous drag race cars, funny cars, and even a Formula 1 > car (or other high end race car) that used double V8's, end-to-end, giving > them 16 cylinders. The Formula X car may have been double BMW V12's giving > it 24 cylinders. And yes, you could buy one. Well... maybe not you or me. > But someone. > > Jim > I think there was even an American car (sedan) made in the 30s that had 16 cylinders, I am not sure, I think it was called the LaSalle. sl - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html