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Originally Posted by tcar
Porsche's been doing this forever... even designed a car for Studebaker, in the 50's.
BTW, the first Ford Taurus SHO had an aluminum engine...
designed by Yamaha and manufactured by Mercury (the outboard motor people)... they both had more experience with aluminum engines than did Ford.
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As far as manufacturing, I think you're confusing that with the original ZR1 DOHC V8. That engine was designed by Lotus and manufactured by Mercury Marine for GM.
The Ford Taurus SHO V6 and V8 were indeed designed by Yamaha but I'm pretty sure they were also manufactured by Yamaha. The V8, which is a 60 degree engine, lives on in some form and is used by Volvo in the XC90 and S80.