> I got stuck in a traffic jam today behind a car with a "V5" logo on its
> boot. Can anyone explain to me how on earth you can have a
> v-configuration 5-cylinder engine?
>From http://www.carkeys.co.uk/roadtest/RT000041.htm
(which was about the VW Bora, but I think it's the same engine)
>>>
That unique V5 engine, of course, is something else. The cylinders are
arranged, two and three, in such a narrow Vee that they share the same head.
What Ferdinand Pikch wanted from this design, of course, was the most
compact 2.3-litre engine possible. By George, as Professor Higgins almost
says, he's got it.
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> To add insult to injury, this car was a Toledo - a *Seat* Toledo. Did
> Seat buy the rights to the name from BMW, or did they just pinch it?
I've no idea if BMW even owns the 'rights' to the name Toledo. I think this
would have to be a trademark (in US law anyway), and AFAIK car model names
are normally not trademarked. I could certainly be wrong ...
Randall
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