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      05-18-2022, 09:50 AM   #734
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Originally Posted by F87source View Post
Not lucky when you engineered it from scratch. Luck implies you stumbled upon something by accident and it was very good.

Engineering and innovation implies you created that concept. Mercedes created every single part of that engine themselves, no luck involved. BTW they pulled many concepts from their diesel engines from their semi trucks, like the split turbine turbo. No luck involved there.
'From scratch' indeed you are lucky when you start building hybrid in 2007 before anyone else even thinks about it then when others catch on look at the time advantage then blitz everyone else from 2014 onwards when hybrids came in was the point I was making.