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Originally Posted by AllHailKingVolvo
Any ideas as to why the 2.5 models were made/what market they were aimed at? It seems like a lot of effort to re-engineer the six cylinder engine with smaller bores, longer rods and shorter stroke when the 3.0 came first and the 2.5 produces 30hp less and seems to return similar fuel figures.
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Probably Italy and/or Japan or similar countries with tax-breaks for having engines under a certain size. Something in the back of my mind says it around 2.8L at the time the 960 was made that made for an ŁOUCH tax bracket in Italy.