Nov 27, 2007 11:02:29 AM
- Jim_in_Iowa
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964RS engine creator talks about the future
VERY interesting candid comments on gas, diesels, hybrids, CO2, etc. He mentions why the Cayenne is getting a hybrid, when it's coming with the new DSG transmission, and more.
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Within the Volkswagen Group, Wolfgang Hatz has been affectionately dubbed "Mr. Engine." His career began in 1983 when he joined BMW's Formula 1 program. He then developed the four-cylinder engine for the first E30-based BMW M3 before joining Porsche's Formula 1 program in 1989. Returning to road cars, he developed the 3.8-liter engine in the Porsche 964 RS 3.8 before leaving to join Opel's motorsport division in 1996. Victory in the International Touring Car Championship followed before he joined Fiat in 1997 as the man in charge of the group's engine development . including Alfa Romeo and Ferrari. He joined Audi in 2001 as its head of powertrain development and became the head of powertrain for the entire Volkswagen Group at the beginning of 2007.
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=123455
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Within the Volkswagen Group, Wolfgang Hatz has been affectionately dubbed "Mr. Engine." His career began in 1983 when he joined BMW's Formula 1 program. He then developed the four-cylinder engine for the first E30-based BMW M3 before joining Porsche's Formula 1 program in 1989. Returning to road cars, he developed the 3.8-liter engine in the Porsche 964 RS 3.8 before leaving to join Opel's motorsport division in 1996. Victory in the International Touring Car Championship followed before he joined Fiat in 1997 as the man in charge of the group's engine development . including Alfa Romeo and Ferrari. He joined Audi in 2001 as its head of powertrain development and became the head of powertrain for the entire Volkswagen Group at the beginning of 2007.
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=123455
