Thursday 28 March 2013

Automakers say 3 cylinders are enough for small cars, plug-ins

Punch the throttle on BMW's experimental three-cylinder 1 Series hatchback and the car shoots forward. Tap the shifter paddle, there's a satisfying blip as second gear engages, more thrust, still more thrust as the turbocharger kicks in, and before you know it, you've topped out at 40 mph in the parking lot of BMW's New Jersey headquarters and with a German engineer riding shotgun.
crawled from : Extremetech

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