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The production Elio will use a proprietary 0.9 liter triple, designed by IAV, that will put out the same 55 horsepower that the Suzuki engine had when it left the factory more than 90,000 miles ago.
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Why the toffee are they paying someone to a specific 3cyl engine which makes the same as the Suzuki 3cyl 1 litre (55 hp) when there are engines of the same capacity making 15hp more from, you know, small town manufacturers like Toyota, Ford and VAG ?
Well it obviously isn't because of efficiency.
Is it improved spares availability, or maybe cheaper spares costs from, er, volume manufacture ?
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The production Elio will use a proprietary 0.9 liter triple, designed by IAV
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Oh, maybe not.