This year's lineup featured a diverse cast of sports cars, luxury SUVs and sedans, and conveyance appliances with price tags ranging from affordable to unobtainium, and engine outputs between putting and thundering from all manner of
cylinder layouts, aspiration configurations, and electrification applications.
So while it's identical to the Gallardo's engine in size, ten -
cylinder layout and natural aspiration, its power and torque figures are much higher while fuel consumption and CO2 emission figures decrease.
«VR» stands for V - Reihenmotor, which translates to V - Inline, describing both vee and inline
cylinder layouts.
ENGINE & TRANSMISSION The 1829cc OHC four cylinder power plant has a three valve per
cylinder layout and produces 105bhp at 5500rpm.
The Quad 4 name is derived from the engine's four - valve, four -
cylinder layout.
Clever engineering bits have resulted in the driver being clueless for the most part about the 3 -
cylinder layout, a layout often criticised for being high on vibrations due to its imbalanced nature.
ENGINE CAPACITY: 3600cc
CYLINDER LAYOUT: Horizontally opposed 6 - cylinders VALVES: 24 valves, 4 - valve heads, DOHC BORE X STROKE: 100 x 76.4 mm COMPRESSION RATIO: 11.7:1 MAXIMUM POWER: 381 bhp at 7400 rpm MAXIMUM TORQUE: 385 Nm at 5000 rpm
ENGINE CAPACITY: 4691cc
CYLINDER LAYOUT: V8, Normal Aspirated, Variable valve timing VALVES: 32, 4 - valve heads BORE X STROKE: 94 x 84.5 mm COMPRESSION RATIO: 11.25:1 MAXIMUM POWER: 440 bhp at 7000 rpm MAXIMUM TORQUE: 490 Nm at 4750 rpm
ENGINE CAPACITY: 1998cc
CYLINDER LAYOUT: 4 - cylinder, In - line VALVES: 4 - valve heads, 16 valve total BORE X STROKE: 86 x 86 mm COMPRESSION RATIO: 11.7:1 MAXIMUM POWER: 225 bhp at 8000 rpm MAXIMUM TORQUE: 215 Nm at 6100 rpm
SPECIFICATIONS ENGINE CAPACITY: 4244cc
CYLINDER LAYOUT: V8, Normal Aspirated VALVES: 32, 4 - valve heads BORE X STROKE: 92 x 69.8 mm COMPRESSION RATIO: 11.1:1 MAXIMUM POWER: 405 bhp at 7100 rpm MAXIMUM TORQUE: 460 Nm at 4750 rpm
Not exact matches
Sadly Ferrari too went to the more efficient V10
layout for 1996 and the unique sound of a 12
cylinder engine was lost to F1 for good.
People told us they wanted a six -
cylinder engine and a front - engined, rear - drive
layout.
The M178 engine uses a «hot inside V»
layout, meaning both of its turbochargers sit inside the valley formed by the two banks of four
cylinders.
Between the host of engine options — 5.0 - liter V - 8s, 5.2 - liter V - 8s, and the EcoBoost turbocharged 4 -
cylinder — and its rear - wheel drive
layout, the Ford Mustang makes for one of the best packages to build around.
Engine details are yet to be confirmed, and while modern Bentleys typically use either V8 or W12 engine
layouts, the Speed 6 moniker hints at a six
cylinder powertrain.
This is not only a clean - sheet design, it also employs a revolutionary
layout:
cylinder heads rotated 180 degrees to relocate the exhaust ports to the center of the V and the intake ports to the heads» outboard flanks.
The ASCC eschewed a V - 6 for a ten -
cylinder engine, and also adopted a front engine
layout and an all - wheel - drive system.
The engine's hot - vee
layout generates significant heat around the two turbos — nestled between the
cylinder banks — which must be dissipated in order to maintain optimal operating temperature, and crucially, prevent a potential performance drop - off or engine failure.
With regards to the modern Subaru
layout, which originally featured 4 -
cylinder engines and all wheel drive, a longitudinal mounted boxer makes sense.
A dual overhead camshaft [1][2][4](DOHC) valvetrain
layout is characterised by two camshafts located within the
cylinder head, [4] one operating the intake valves and the other one operating the exhaust valves.
The UKL2 platform may mean the end of the sweet - sounding straight - six engine in the top 1 - series, too, as a transverse engine
layout will almost certainly enforce a switch to a four -
cylinder, with twin turbos to boost its power output.
Known under the internal codename 9A2, the new engine adheres to the customary horizontally opposed
layout, in which the individual
cylinder banks are set 180deg apart.
The Sentra represents the first Nissan to use a front - engine, front drive
layout and come equipped with a 1.5 - liter, four -
cylinder, single overhead cam engine.
But while the 919 Hybrid runs a unique V4 engine, the unit being readied for the Boxster and Cayman will follow the lead of Porsche's classic six -
cylinder with a 180 - degree horizontally opposed
layout as part of a modular engine strategy.
The model is expected to feature a rear - wheel drive
layout, with a choice of turbocharged four -
cylinder petrol and diesel engines, shared with the Sportage.
This means that the Scion FR - S features the same 200 horsepower, direct - injected 2.0 - liter four -
cylinder, the same six - speed transmission choices, and an identical rear - wheel drive
layout.
This unusually good balance of performance and fuel consumption results from the fundamental design and
layout of the six -
cylinder combining BMW Twin Turbo Technology with High Precision Injection.
998cc DOHC four -
cylinder engine shares same architecture and
layout as the 2006 CBR1000RR and now employs forged pistons (rather than cast)
Features of the diesel engines include a cast - iron block, aluminium alloy
cylinder head with double overhead camshafts, 16 - valve
layout and a bushes timing chain.
After nearly 2 decades, Mercedes has ditched the V6
layout and now gone for a more compact in - line 6 -
cylinder arrangement.
It's a «horizontally opposed»
layout, meaning two
cylinders lie flat on one side, two on the other.
The airflow path through the engine uses a «hot - vee»
layout, where the exhaust manifolds and turbochargers are located between the
cylinder banks (on the «inside» of the V8) and the intake manifolds are located on the outside of the engine.
Able to thrust the G 550 from 0 to 100 km / h in just 5.9 seconds, it features a «hot inside V» turbo
layout, patented low - friction NANOSLIDE
cylinder walls, and an ECO Start / Stop system.
The
layout of a branch intake port inside the
cylinder head was chosen to have only one intake channel for two
cylinders.
A lightweight
cylinder head made of pressure - cast aluminum alloy uses front - located exhaust ports that provide greater freedom in the
layout of the close - coupled catalytic converter which mounts directly to the
cylinder head.
Cylinder turbo engine
layout, 6, free engine image for user manual.
A further advantage of the
layout is the short distance between the
cylinders» combustion chambers and the primary catalytic converters; this leads to quicker warm - up of the catalysts after the engine is started and therefore lower start - up emissions.
As you know the S3 is all - wheel drive and powered by a four
cylinder turbo, while the M135i has a more pure rear - wheel drive
layout with an inline six
cylinder turbo.
Honda determined the engine
layout after examining a variety of engine types from numerous perspectives and decided on an in - line, 700cc, 2 -
cylinder engine with a 62 ° forward lean (
cylinder assembly angle).
In contrast to the previous engine, the
cylinder head has a «rotated valve star»
layout; each of the two camshafts actuates one intake valve and one exhaust valve per
cylinder.
It gets the same front - drive
layout and engines as the shorter, five - seat Active Tourer, which includes BMW's three -
cylinder 1.5 - litre petrol and diesel engines in the shape of the 218i, including its hybrid option, and 216d respectively.
The majority of the future engine line - up is also based on the same
layout of 500cc per
cylinder.
The engine with near identical figures for bore and stroke (3.48 / 3.5 in or 88.3 / 89 mm) was of almost square
layout and with a capacity of 6.6 litres, direct fuel injection and 4 valves per
cylinder an impressive power was to be expected.
Pros: Simple, user - friendly control
layout; comfortable, absorbent ride with composed, predictable handling; decent back - seat space; good fuel economy with 4 -
cylinder engine
At the center of the 4.2 L Twin Turbo V - 8 is a «hot V» configuration that transposes the conventional
layout of the
cylinder heads» intake and exhaust systems to mount the turbochargers at the top of the engine — in the valley between the heads — to virtually eliminate turbo lag and reduce the engine's overall packaging size.
It uses the powertrain
layout from the BMW i8, with that car's 1.5 - litre three -
cylinder engine driving the front wheels and an electric motor driving the rear wheels.
Despite the addition of a multi-link
layout, the engine is therefore as compact as a conventional 2.0 - liter four -
cylinder engine.
Volkswagen purists have anticipated this fifth generation GTI since its critically acclaimed European launch in mid-year 2005 and are prepared to test this model's sports credentials that include the high - tech, 200 horsepower 2.0 T four -
cylinder engine, a new fully independent, sports - tuned suspension — a first for the GTI — a standard six - speed manual transmission, and an understated but dynamically aggressive style outside and a practical interior that equally mixes functionality, flair and a preoccupation with a driver - first focus and
layout.
The 1973 oil crisis nearly killed Citroen, which had purchased Maserati in 1968, while the early 1990s saw the Chubasco mid-engined sports car cancelled due to financial issues and the introduction of front - engined, six -
cylinder cars, a rather awkward
layout for the brand.
The Subaru Impreza uses what's known as a flat or «boxer» engine
layout, in which the
cylinders are horizontally opposed, two on each side.