Carmakers forced back to bigger engines in new emissions era
For the EU market. Very interesting. Has to do with lab testing vs. real world emissions.
Exclusive from reuters: Exclusive: Carmakers forced back to bigger engines in new emissions era | Reuters Jalopnik has a condensed version (quoted below): Believe It Or Not, Engines Are About To Get Bigger* Quote:
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Interesting indeed. I'm very much in favor of abandoning the fiction-like in-lab-only emission tests, and using actual tailpipe emissions to determine the real emissions when vehicle is in actual use. It took Volkswagen and Dieselgate for us to wake up.
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Well it doesn't sound like they're getting much bigger, had me worried for a minute there! I think 1.6 litres is plenty big enough in this day and age for most vehicles, it's certainly enough for Formula 1 and Rallying! That GTI I drove a couple of months back was super quick with almost 300 hp from its 1.6 litre.
Some of the tiny petrol engines are horrendous on fuel, especially when placed in a large family car like a Ford focus, some get 35-40 mpg which for a 1 litre is quite scary. They just seem to work too hard and sacrifice not only performance but economy too. |
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