Talk:Ford Taunus V4 engine

Article states:

The V4 was later expanded into the Ford CDW27 engine that is used in the Ford Mondeo and many other Ford cars.

Is this true? I thought that engine was an I4. —Morven 00:28, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)

It refers to the ones fitted with a V6. // Liftarn

There also was a 1.3 litre version used in the Taunus 12M P6 from 1966 to 1970. I will check the details then I will add it to the text.194.25.108.84 10:43, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The 1.3 litre is added now. 84.140.50.162 18:22, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know, the Ford 12M/15M was not named Taunus. 84.58.162.107 02:53, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In its first year of production (1966/67), the P6 was still named "Taunus". In the fall of 1967, the German subsidiary of Ford finally got the permission to use the "Ford" name for its cars. Therefore, the P7 was named Ford from the beginning, while the P6 was renamed at that time. From 1967 to 1970, there was no car that was called Ford Taunus. 84.140.57.5 17:35, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

-Could someone check the part "It was not a 'true' V engine as two opposing pistons did not share one crankpin on the crankshaft.", because as far as I know V-engine configuration is only denfined by the position of cylinders, in other words the piston configuration. To my knowledge the crank sharing the same pin for opposing pistons is called the 'twin-structure or -configuration', but that does not define the cylinder configuration.

Such a claim is more of an oppinion than a fact because I could as well claim that the american V8, for instance, is doubled up V4 as both engines use the cross-crank and have the same 90 degree bank angle: v4 has one cylinder for a crankpin but the v8 has two therefor making v8 a double v4, not a "real" v8 which would have one crank for each cylinder...

So, I recommend removing such a remark as an invalid, irrelevant comment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.220.135.173 (talk) 19:46, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

-Because the line "It was not a 'true' V engine as two opposing pistons did not share one crankpin on the crankshaft." has reappeared, could someone tell me what on earth the Taunus (Aka Cologne) V4 engine is if it is not "true" V4? As I have never heard of a "false" v4, what engine class does it belong to? Bent boxer engine? I can't find any legitimate claims for the term "true" V-engine, so could someone please tell me what is it all about?

-I took the liberty to slightly alter the claim "It was not a 'true' v4..." to "It is sometimes considered not to be a true v4..." since it seems that in Germany V-engines with single crankpin per connection rod/piston counts as boxer, but as far as I know, this is not true in all countries (for example Finland, where I live). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.248.56.90 (talk) 23:51, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ford Corsair

So this is not the same V4 engine that was offered on the British Ford Corsair? Jason404 (talk) 22:53, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]