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147 facelift?
Having just posted a reply to the earlier topic on this, i did a quick
google and found this: http://www.carforums.nl/showtopic/11419 Why no 2.0JTS? Philip |
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It's simple!
147 with 2.0 ts are only less than 5% of the total number of 147 sold, so it would be very expensive to adapt the car for a kind of engine which could be rarely sell... In my humble opinion... "PhilipS" > ha scritto nel messaggio m... > Having just posted a reply to the earlier topic on this, i did a quick > google and found this: > > http://www.carforums.nl/showtopic/11419 > > Why no 2.0JTS? > > Philip |
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"<<Scarface>>" <Scar@nonsonotantopirladascriverelamailgiustaebusc armiivirus.it> wrote in message >...
> It's simple! > 147 with 2.0 ts are only less than 5% of the total number of 147 sold, so it > would be very expensive to adapt the car for a kind of engine which could be > rarely sell... > In my humble opinion... > I hadn't thought of that. I would have thought that the block etc would be the same on the TS & JTS, with only a different head? |
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It is not very expensive to fit the engine and get it work. It is the
regulatory issues that cost too much. MPL "PhilipS" > wrote in message m... > "<<Scarface>>" <Scar@nonsonotantopirladascriverelamailgiustaebusc armiivirus.it> wrote in message >... > > It's simple! > > 147 with 2.0 ts are only less than 5% of the total number of 147 sold, so it > > would be very expensive to adapt the car for a kind of engine which could be > > rarely sell... > > In my humble opinion... > > > I hadn't thought of that. I would have thought that the block etc > would be the same on the TS & JTS, with only a different head? |
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