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The Volkswagen air-cooled engine is an air-cooled, gasoline-fuelled, boxer engine with four horizontally opposed cast-iron cylinders, cast aluminum alloy cylinder heads and pistons, magnesium-alloy crankcase, and forged steel crankshaft and connecting rods. There are two distinct families/variations of the aircooled engine namely Type 1 and Type 4.
The following articles list Volkswagen Group engines which are available worldwide. These include motor vehicle engines, marine engines sold by Volkswagen Marine [1] and industrial engines sold by Volkswagen Industrial Motor.
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Live listings of UK Steam and Vintage Events (Visitors may also submit to this Events Guide) "Old Glory" Online Guide to UK Events including steam rallies and fairs (dynamic list) - from the Old Glory magazine (Old Glory also publishes a 'Free' paper version at the start of each year listing UK Events.) Search for steam fairs near you (UK only)
[citation needed] VW Group does have names of engine series, and individual engines are identified by an "ID code" (early codes were one or two letters/numbers, later IDs were generally three letters, and their very latest engines now use four letters) - but they have been known to apply many different ID codes to seemingly identical engines.
Volkswagen, the core brand of Volkswagen Group produces various models since its inception, ranging from passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles. It also consists of global products and regional products, specifically for large markets including Europe, China and Latin America.
The museum houses around 130 cars on permanent display ranging from the earliest VW Beetles to concept design studies of VW models. [3] The museum is housed in a former clothing factory, very close to the Volkswagen Werke, where new Volkswagens are made.
Powering the SP2 is a "BL" code four-cylinder Volkswagen air-cooled engine displacing 1.7 L. [37] This version of VW's boxer four is called the "suitcase" or "pancake" engine, and has its cooling fan on the end of the crankshaft, reducing engine height. [37] It makes 65 (DIN) hp and gives the SP2 a top speed of 161 km/h (100 mph).