utilising 2-cylinder engines reject by volkswagen
Volkswagen has rejected the idea of utilising 2-cylinder engines in its forthcoming city-car.
Volkswagen has been the head of down-sizing engines with its 3-cylinder petrol and diesel units. Ulrich Hackenberg, R&D chief executive, thinks downsizing is now on the verge of its limits, despite Fiat’s new 2-cylinder TwinAir engine.
“Improvements can now only be made in performance and economy, not in making the engines any smaller. Instead, the Up will make use of three-cylinder engines that will really advance the technology and make strong use of it”, he said.
“I’ve seen two-cylinder cars running,” he said, “but from a production point of view it’d be very hard. “Even three-cylinder engines are very expensive as they’re not as smooth or refined as we’d like. But we’re not going to abandon them,” he added.
Volkswagen has rejected the idea of utilising 2-cylinder engines in its forthcoming city-car.
Volkswagen has been the head of down-sizing engines with its 3-cylinder petrol and diesel units. Ulrich Hackenberg, R&D chief executive, thinks downsizing is now on the verge of its limits, despite Fiat’s new 2-cylinder TwinAir engine.
“Improvements can now only be made in performance and economy, not in making the engines any smaller. Instead, the Up will make use of three-cylinder engines that will really advance the technology and make strong use of it”, he said.
utilising 2-cylinder engines reject by volkswagen
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