I apologise for that moment of complete buffoonery...many I be banished to the deep dank pits that are the Corsa forums for a whole day!
NEW POLO 65BHP 5 DOOR E
3 cyl. sound
I can confirm that three cylinder engines sound beautiful. after all, its half a "six" so sounds similar to a six.
Have driven 3 three-cyl cars (Mine, 1.2 hire car and Mercedes Smart).
Out of all of them the Smart sounds the nicest as its petrol with a turbo and it sounds like a mini porsche boxster.
The 1.2 engine also sounds sweet. Mines OK but being diesel a bit rattly on idle. Still, was the only reason I chose that car over the more expensive 1.9 tdi.
Have driven 3 three-cyl cars (Mine, 1.2 hire car and Mercedes Smart).
Out of all of them the Smart sounds the nicest as its petrol with a turbo and it sounds like a mini porsche boxster.
The 1.2 engine also sounds sweet. Mines OK but being diesel a bit rattly on idle. Still, was the only reason I chose that car over the more expensive 1.9 tdi.
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des_pd_ tdi
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Yeah I agree with tdisport, the Smart engine does indeed sound the best even when trashed (I had one for a week, great fun). I'm actually looking at a town car and the new smart roadster is currently top of my list, it uses the same 3 cylinder turbo charged engine but spints to 60 as quick as my Tdi Sport.
Can't vouch for the 3 cylinder VW engines but VW wouldn't have spent so much money on development. I'm all for saving the environment so low emmision tdi's and fuel effiecient 3 cylinder engines are the way to go.
Can't vouch for the 3 cylinder VW engines but VW wouldn't have spent so much money on development. I'm all for saving the environment so low emmision tdi's and fuel effiecient 3 cylinder engines are the way to go.