On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 05:04:02 -0700, "Michael Pardee"
<michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote:

>"Joseph Wind" <jpg@gif.com> wrote in message
>news:LFIFd.17110$F97.14913@trnddc06...
>> Is that the engine that runs on only 2 cylinders when the RPMs are
>> constant,
>> like in highway speeds? I read that a while back, seemed interesting,
>> actually it was printed in a Japanese auto magazine that a friend
>> translated
>> to me. Sort of the 4-6-8 engine developed by GM in the 70s, or was that
>> the
>> 8-6-4? But I digressed.
>>
>I remember that (although IIRC it was a 4-8 or 8-4). I don't know if it ever
>made it into production, though. In any event it faded away, and I never
>knew why.

Such an engine is in the Chrysler C300 - at least in the UK.Runs on 4
most of the time, and 8 when you need it.

>
>Mike
>