Talk:Volkswagen K70
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I would not describe the Ro80 rotary engine as "more complicated" than a piston engine, quite the reverse, infact. "More revolutionary" (no pun intended) would be a better description.
[edit] Wankel complicated?
I second that opinion too. A wankel engine is always simpler. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.230.77.223 (talk) 22:33, August 26, 2007 (UTC)
- Conceptually simpler, yes. In terms of production technologies and materials technologies in an inherently conservative (if only because of the huge amount of capital investment needed to set up a production line) industry, not at all simple, however. If only they'd figured a way to make those rotor seals hold together BEFORE they went to market, the Ro80 might have been as much of a trendsetter in terms of it's motor as it managed to be in terms of the car's wedge-profile overall architecture. Charles01 08:18, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
