Re: Re: 4.7L - German Design after all?????

From: jon@dakota-truck.net
Date: Thu Jun 28 2001 - 17:36:13 EDT


bernd@texas.net wrote:

: AHA!

:> The 4.7L was designed PRIOR to the MB take over.
:>
:> It was, however, NOT designed by Chrysler. It was designed by MB under
:> contract.

  Is this verifiable? This really should go into the FAQ once we dig up
the truth (the whole truth and nothing but the truth) ;-)

  I'm no expert on the history involved here, but I *have* read quite a bit
about the events that led up to the takeover, and I don't recall anything
ever being said about MB designing an engine for Chrysler. I would have
thought something that noteworthy would have been mentioned somewhere.
Also, just on a personal level, I wonder why Chrysler would have done that?
They had some of the best designers in the world right under their roof;
why farm it out, especially to a company with little to no light truck
experience?

(Please don't take this the wrong way Steve, I'm not trying to call you
a liar or anything like that, I am just genuinely interested in finding
out exactly what the deal is here...)

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-Jon-

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