What happened for Saab Variable Compression engine? It was a topic for discussion some 5 years ago, and I believe they said it should be in production around 2005. I think it received some awards and stuff.
I have not heard about it for long time, what happened to it? Wasn't feasible after all or what?
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GM killed it due to cost. It is much cheaper to use one of the traditional and boring GM global engines.
Cheaper, still to use a 3cyl GM Corsa engine...
The SVC was, as far as I remember, 5cyl 1.6L 225bhp engine with excellent economy, it was fitted to 9-5 test cars. Last I heard was that Saab was trying to solve noise problems in early engines. There was a lot of info and excitement on Saab's web site, but it suddenly went quiet...
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