The leather seats and Harman Kardon audio system made the cabin a pleasant place to sit while covering boring stretches of freeway, but the short wheelbase and
excellent engine note had me thirsting for the tight turns of a mountain road.
Smooth, seamlessly powerful, and with
an excellent engine note, this is definitely the powerplant for this car, and worth the premium you'll pay for it.
Not exact matches
Not only does it move this heavy machine with authority, but its deeply sonorous
engine note does an
excellent imitation of a twelve - cylinder.
The semi-throaty
note also goes with the
engine's character, and refinement levels, in general, are
excellent; just wish the
engine was allowed to rev more than 6,200 rpm — it always feels like it's got more to give.
Give it the gas to pass other cars, and the CVT pulls its ratios down, letting the
engine speed soar towards redline, accompanied by an
excellent fine - tuned exhaust
note.
The SE Hatch, of
note, can be ordered with an optional 1.0 - liter Ecoboost
engine, a turbocharged 3 - cylinder that produces 123 hosepower and
excellent fuel economy.
We noticed while driving this car that, under acceleration we could hear the really fine
engine note, but while cruising on the freeway sound was deadened, letting us listen to the
excellent stereo system without interruption.