Re: [DML] PRV6 questions: history & namesake?

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Spend a couple of hours wandering around this website and its links.
Should answer many of your questions:
http://members.fortunecity.com/perttim/therenault30file/id20.html

PRV was not at all common on this side of the ocean (at least not
before Chysler's 3.0 import of the B280),  but nearly a million units
made their way around Europe over a quarter century production run.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ComposerZelgadis@xxxx wrote:
> 
> I have some newbie questions regarding the PRV6.  :)
>  
> First off, who initially designed it?  Which company came up with 
the design 
> in the first place?  Did all three companies get together, and 
design it as 
> a joint-project?  Or did one company design it, and then  licensed
it out?  
> Who makes the DeLorean engine?  Volvo?   Peugeot?  Renault?  Is it a
mixture 
> (some DeLoreans got Volvos, others  got Renaults?)?  Why do some
people on this 
> list call it the B-28F when I  see V-28F in my shop manual?  Is this
simply a 
> typo (the V and B keys are  next to each other)?
>  
> Thanks in advance for any replies.  I know a little bit about how
the  engine 
> works, its performance, etc etc...  But I never really learned much
 about 
> its history or heritage!  :)
>  
> Regards,
> William F.
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]








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