Originally Posted by PerL

I actually didn't know that some VWs came with Ford engines (except the VW-badged Fords, of course) during the AutoLatina period, even though I do know that some Fords came with VW engines.

The CHT is originally a Renault engine, and not a good one either. We got lots of Brasilian made Escorts here in Norway the early 1980s, fitted with the CHT engine.

These Escorts, which all carried the LX trim level, rusted badly, even worse than their German counterparts. They were very low priced when they were new (around 2/3 of a German Escort), so they sold as hot cakes.

We had both 1.3 and 1.6 versions of the Escort LX, but the Wiki site doesn't mention a 1.3. I cant remember if the 1.3 was a CHT or a different Renault or Ford powerplant though.