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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
The Chevrolet Spark is better-looking
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(please note sarc following)
Eh ? We are talking about the same Spark - this one, drawn by a small child with a Transformers fixation ? The one that looks like someone grafted the front end of a Cruze onto the body of a Matiz ?
vs. this chariot of the gods styled by the finest minds in Asia ?
(also available as a Nissan and with the steering wheel incorrectly placed)
/sarc
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
But the 3-cyl Suzuki engine seems to be a good option, delivering the same power 200RPM below the Spark's 4-cyl 1.0L engine peak power, altough delivers 3Nm less peak torque, but doing so 1300RPM below the Spark's peak torque, might actually be more pleasurable for city traffic.
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The Spark could really do with new engines, both the 1.0 and 1.2 are a little long in the tooth for the small car market. Surprised they didn't use the
Corsa 12v 1.0 ecoFlex engine - it is wasted in the Corsa but might work better in the Spark.
I seem to remember when Daihatsu started pushing the idea of a 3-pot in the old Charade (including a 1.0 Turbo Diesel - 47hp - form an orderly queue ladies and gents) their reasoning was a cylinder size of around 330-350cc which they had researched as being the optimum for a 4 stroke petrol. It was in the magazines at the time anyway. The 1.0 1KR-FE used in George is a Daihatsu unit.