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View Poll Results: What configuration would you use for the Veyron? (to RELIABLY make 1100HP & 1250nm)
W16 with quads just like they did 86 64.66%
V12 with quad turbs 10 7.52%
V10 with quad turbs 7 5.26%
V8 with quad turbs 5 3.76%
V8 with twin turbs 14 10.53%
Something else (please list) 11 8.27%
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Old 22-03-2013, 06:04 PM   #91
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Didn't see holden there?
No holdens on a list a reliable cars?
How could this be, they are always in the top 5 sellers.

You have a web study by one group on one market in one year.

If there was a web forum for Sigma drivers and at one time one of them showed themselves to be naive and narrow minded would that mean that all Sigma drivers were, all the time?
Actually its over 3 years though it does go back to 2008, and its an American firm that performs the study so Holden may be under GMC ??

The study results have been gathered from owners, problems are not just quality related but ergonomic problems experienced by owners also

btw there is a sigma forum and the owners of sigmas are mostly naive and narrow minded hence why i hang out at ford forums with my ford powered sigma

FACT is VW ARE having problems with quality and have been for a few years, even Anke Koeckler from VW admits it
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Old 22-03-2013, 10:19 PM   #92
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J.D. Power quality study

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Man where did you get that? We get a bunch of reports sent through to my work about reliability and VW is normally about 12th.

It normally goes Honda first, then Toyota or Suzuki, then a bunch of Japanese or Korean brands, and VW is normally the most reliable european brand.

Maybe ergonomics skew these things? I've not seen one with ergnomic complaints on it before...
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Old 22-03-2013, 11:34 PM   #93
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I'd go a v12 purely because I like the sound of it better.
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Old 23-03-2013, 12:06 AM   #94
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The W16 ticks all the boxes required. Not just pure power but reliability. The Veyron isn't just a stripped out no frills 1000hp supercar its a supercar with stupid levels of power and more trim and gadgets than a space station.
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Old 23-03-2013, 11:33 AM   #95
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The W configuration engines are just fantastic, extremely reliable and sound great. Fuel consumption on the other hand is absolutely diabolical.
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Old 23-03-2013, 12:44 PM   #96
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Something like the Lexux LFA V10 with 2 turbos strapped to it would be ideal to me.
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Old 23-03-2013, 04:04 PM   #97
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Can someone buy one and do an engine swap.
I want the Veyron engine for my Grans Festiva to see how fast that little buggar will go.
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The W configuration engines are just fantastic, extremely reliable and sound great. Fuel consumption on the other hand is absolutely diabolical.
...you get that when you're talking eight liters and sixteen cylinders of engine...
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Old 23-03-2013, 06:10 PM   #99
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...you get that when you're talking eight liters and sixteen cylinders of engine...
Blessed to get under 40L/100 in city driving for the W12, would hate to think what the W16 does.
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If you can afford a Veyron you can afford to buy your own oil refinery, fuel consumption doesn't matter.
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Old 24-03-2013, 05:26 PM   #101
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Million dollar car noone is going to worry about putting $100 fuel in for their 200km country wine trip lol
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