Extrapolating this and also your earlier response about motorcycles; if you look at Motorcycle engines of comparable size / cylinders to small car engines of similar capacity, you will see that the car manufacturers often still decide to adopt major
design changes to their powertrain - rather than just using the same engine design approach.
Not exact matches
The all - new model comes with quite a few interesting
changes, ranging from the
design to the
powertrain.
The Cruze gets a couple of
changes to the exterior
design, keeping the saloon fresh for the Chinese markets; while the interiors and the
powertrain remain untouched on the saloon.
Richard Truett, Automotive News»
powertrain savant,
design connoisseur and all - around engineering go -
to guy, jumped up on just about every stand, thought and pondered and scratched his head,
changed his mind a couple of times and came up with a list of 2018 Detroit auto show hits and misses.
America's best - selling three - row luxury SUV
to receive substantial
design changes, new features and new
powertrain technology
New
powertrain designs, alternative fuels, advanced materials, and significant
changes to the vehicle body are being driven by increasingly stringent fuel economy and greenhouse gas emission standards.