Marketing. No matter the displacement, no normal, unintelligent member of the human masses is going to pay for a 2l v8 in their compact car.
And all the technical arguments above: Thermal efficiency, Friction, etc.
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-2003 Subaru Baja 2.5 5MT
-2005 Subaru Baja 2.5T 5MT
-1994 Pontiac Firebird 5.7 V8/6MT
-2001 BMW R1200c
-1970 VW Beetle
-2015 Prius (for the wife)
"You don't get to blame me for how I fix what you broke."
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