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Originally Posted by RedDevil

Did you read into the link?

...from the Jalopnik article:

"It seems to be a very clever system, though it does seem dramatically more complex than a single, dumb, forged piston rod. That may be why Nissan says the engine makes sense as a four and not a V6 or V8; the cost of all these articulated piston rods may be just too high." [bold emphesis mine]