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Two cylinder cars
I once owned a '78 Chevette and a '82 Ford Escort, each with 1600 cc, 4 cylinder engines. They made about 60 HP, and consistently got about 40 mpg highway. I was happy with them. So, 60 HP is enough power for small cars.
More modern engines are much peppier than the old engines due to 4 valve cylinder heads and fuel injection. For example, GM's 2800 cc 4 makes 175 HP. A twin cylinder 1400 based on this engine would produce almost 90 HP. Thats 50% more than my old Chevette 4!
2 cylinder cars should get mileage similar to hybrids at 2/3 the price. I'll bet that a 2 cylinder Chevy Cobalt would get well over 50 mpg.
Why can't Citroen or Honda build 2 cylinder cars again?
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