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...which means she'll recognize the excellence that will continue, there, and then be able to concentrate her efforts on more "needy" issues.

She is fully on-side with "it's ALL about the Product". And so, clearly, is Reuss. That, alone, is a refreshing change, I feel, from current "14th Floor" attitudes.

Re: reducing the number of engines - you can reduce the number of unique displacements without reducing the variety of said remaining engines. For example, one 2.0L 4-cylinder, with different application-specific developments, leaves you with ONE engine that may replace two or three existing powerplants, from 1.6L to 2.5L (again, only one example, and not specific).

Just how many 4/6/8-cylinder BASIC engines do you need, comprised in how many variants, each? For world-wide consumption? Gas/diesel etc.?

Gas V8s, for the moment in North America, are basically down to two, from four (5.3 and 6.2 vs. 4.8/5.3/6.2/7.0 last year). Economies of Scale will benefit...