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I think they are talking about US market engines here.
BMW Twin-Turbo 3.0-liter Inline-6
BMW 4.0-liter V-8
Ferrari 4.3-liter V-8
Ford Twin-Turbo 3.5-liter V-6
GM Supercharged 6.2-liter V-8
Honda 2.0-liter Inline-4
Lamborghini/Audi 5.2-liter V-10
Mercedes-Benz 6.2-liter V-8
Porsche 3.8-liter Flat-6
VW/Audi Turbo 2.0-liter Inline-4
What do you guys think? What would you put in there from European market cars?
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obviously they have a blind spot for the d-word.
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i think they just don't have any good ones, henk.
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I know that C&D tested the 335D....in comparison to the petrol version, and IIRC, it won....Originally Posted by clutch-monkey
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And it's not as good as ours. And if you want a diesel one of the new twin turbo fours are probably a best bet.
Off the top of my head I would include VW's TSi and Fiat's new Multiairs.
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The diesel was actually included for some reason with the 335i engine.
Pretty stupid that they lumped the diesel and gasoline together.
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stupid indeed, they could also have mentioned that the 2 liter VAG engine comes as a diesel...
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So that's actually the 11Best engines...
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perhaps counting further than 10 meets with great difficulties....
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Ferrer I thought you might be interested, apparently the N54B30 in the 335i in the US has trouble. From Wiki:
That ain't good. Lemon law buy backs? Poor.In at least the US market, the N54 engine has been characterized by a very large number of High Pressure Fuel Pump (HPFP) failures, leading to many BMW NA vehicle Lemon Law "buy backs" and reduced customer goodwill. On some engines the HPFP was replaced four times within the first few years of service. BMW has instituted a 10-year, 120,000 mile warranty on the part, but only for 2007 and 2008 model year vehicles with the N54 engine. Other model years, to include 2009 models, continue to report HPFP failures.[4] As of late 2009, the low pressure fuel sensor has become suspected of causing some premature failures of the HPFP by engine tuners such as AMS and CP-E.
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That's not good indeed. But I haven't heard or read about anything similar here.
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surprised GTR's lump isn't in that list......granted I don't know what would be bumped off that...
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The powerplant in the Honda Insight. 1.3liter petrol 65kW + 10kW electric motor. Very smooth. The first hybrid I like. Takes a while to get used to buy I'd but it if I had the money. The car even oversteers very nicely!
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Having driven the latest Prius they aren't entirely a bad idea, but it needs more development. For what they are, they are too expensive.The powerplant in the Honda Insight. 1.3liter petrol 65kW + 10kW electric motor. Very smooth. The first hybrid I like. Takes a while to get used to buy I'd but it if I had the money. The car even oversteers very nicely!
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The Prius drive line is much different than the Insight's. In the Honda system the IC Engine and electric motor are attached. One can't spin without the other. Toyota's system allows a large degree of blending of the two motors and allows electric only operation without spinning the gas motor.
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