Brazilian five-pot your roadtest on the Volkswagen LT35 in its 2.8-litre-engined form certainly made interesting reading (CM 3-7 May).
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Clearly your tester, in comparing the four-cylinder 2.8litre with "its 2.5-litre fivecylinder stablemate" has been taken in by Volkswagen's published assertion that the two engines are "closely related".
Your test specification table, listing the 2.8-litre as a Volkswagen engine, further confirms Volkswagen's success in passing it off as its own.
But this is not a VW engine. It is made in South America by the Brazilian MWM company, which also supplies a 4.3-litre four-cylinder diesel to Volkswagen for use in its LT80 "cheap and cheerful" 7.5-tonner which is sold in Germany.
Helping to confuse matters further is the fact that MWM Brazil now has no connection with the German MWM company, which is a subsidiary of Deutz and makes big, off-highway diesels.
However, MWM Brazil is German-controlled—by the Knorr-Bremse group, which is best known for its braking equipment.
Alan Bunting, Harpenden, Herts.