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From: eliot@lanmola.engr.washington.edu (eliot)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: V4 V6 V8 V12 Vx?
Date: 24 Apr 1993 18:03:41 GMT
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In article <1993Apr24.150653.8115@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> bqueiser@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Brian J Queiser) writes:
>Examples:
>
>Ferrari's 512TR is a flat 12 boxer.
>Porsche's 911 is a flat 6.
>Subaru's Impreza is a flat 4.

i think you got it the other way round: the Ferrari flat 12 is a 180
degree v12 and not a "true" boxer, while the subaru and porsche are
true boxers.  don't know about the vw bug though, but i suspect that
it is also a true boxer.

eliot
