Three Is the New Four as Engines Downsize
Three is the new four as two automakers make big news with little three-cylinder engines with the displacement of a soda bottle. ....Ford unveiled its 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine at the Frankfurt auto show this week, promising to offer it in Europe later this year and in the United States… sometime.... Volkswagen will offer a three-cylinder engine in the Up! compact expected by year’s end.
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Engines will only get smaller as automakers scramble to hit corporate average fuel economy standards expected to reach 54.5 mpg by the 2025 model year. Automakers have experimented with three-cylinder engines before — the Geo
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/09...ines-downsize/
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Das Kleine Wunder—"the little marvel".
Ford's tiny three-cylinder engine is good for 118 horsepower...
The big problem with small engines has long been mediocre performance, but the adoption of turbocharging, direct injection, variable-cam timing and other tricks ensures decent, if not stellar, oomph. Ford, for example, boasts that its little three-cylinder will perform like a 1.6-liter four.
These things are death traps in an accident,.if a Motorcycle hits you it'll total this thing,..If you're a Christian be sure to order the cross painted on the roof option...to save on the vault liner..
Without the turbo,fancy cams and valves a 900 cc (900 cc = 0.9 liter,about half a two liter Coke bottle ) three-cylinder two-stroke engines delivers about 34 hp..
Originally Posted by Odysseus
