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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
...when & where are the 2- and 3-cylinder GM engines?
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Considering 4 cylinders can be from 1 liter to 2.7 liters the 2-3 cylinders would be mostly for micro cars
. And those are not commonly sold in the US
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@ 99LeCouch, the Mustang v6 has gotten comparable EPA mileage to the old Pinto 4 banger from the 80's foxbody. Not something new.
I am encouraged about the 4 cylinder seeing more sales. I'm also interested if this means more usage of layouts than just the standard inline 4. Eg. Subaru and Porsche use flat engines and Porsche was considering a new 4 cylinder car while Subaru hasn't stopped building performance flat-4s. Subaru even has a 1.5 liter with AVCS that they sell in Japan/Europe for their base FE car.
You will know that the 4 banger is dominating when they're building a more expensive 4 banger for their upscale cars instead of 6's or 8's