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- From: koziarz@halibut.nosc.mil (Walter A. Koziarz)
- Subject: Re: Experiences with Pickups
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.165255.3982@nosc.mil>
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- Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
- References: <Bxyz92.DKH@mail.boi.hp.com> <Bxz2sD.IGF@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com> <1992Nov19.232359.17449@julian.uwo.ca>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:52:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.232359.17449@julian.uwo.ca> TX_WAYNE@rrivax.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Johnson) writes:
-
- [ someone else wrote ]
-
- >> As I understand the situation, Chrysler has exclusive use of the Cummins
- >> engine until around the year 2000.
-
- exclusive use? not hardly! that engine or a variant-thereof powers everything
- from motorhomes to construction equipment to boats.
-
-
- >According to my brother-in-law, who owns a Ford dealership, Ford recently
- >bought out Cummins and plan to start using the engines in their trucks in
- >the near future. While they can't stop Chrysler from buying the engines
- >due to their contract, they will make it "less attractive" for Chrysler
- >than it is now.
-
- how recently? as of April 1991, Ford owned 10% of Cummins stock... when
- Chrysler got the contract with Cummins for the B5.9-160 engine, Ford was bound
- by contract with Navistar and *could not* buy the Cummins engine (source:
- conversation at Cummins Intermountain, Las Vegas, NV in April 1991; sunsequent
- conversation with the same persons indicated no significant change in that
- situation). I'm sorry, but I put more faith in statements from the personnel
- at Cummins...
-
- >I've also heard that this is the reason Dodge is developing a truck version
- >of their V10 viper engine...
-
- this assertion is what really nuked your credibility... the V-10 project was
- publicised long before the Cummins-powered trucks were publicised. the 'V10
- viper engine' as you refered to it is actually an adaptation of the *truck*
- engine and has been under test and development for the past 4 years (at least).
-
-
- Walt K.
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