Chevrolet 4-cylinder U.S. sales at 46% of vehicles, vs. 23% in 2007

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Originally Posted by Allch Chcar

I'm also interested if this means more usage of layouts than just the standard inline 4.

The inline-4 is by far the dominant layout.
Other arrangements are few and very far between.


There are however some new developments, like Fiat going back to 2 cylinders with the TwinAir 0.9L engine.

VW (VAG) has been using inline-3s in their smaller TDI range for years though - they're essentially chopped 1.9 or 1.6 TDI's.