13 Of The Coolest 3 Cylinder Cars Ever

I heard once that the free cylinder has a funky sound you may have also heard that he sounds like a half six-cylinder despite these hard a time when downsizing and three cylinders are coming along theoretically making them less attractive there are engines like any other and in some cases they may be even cooler than a bigger four banger anyway here's a list of 13 of the coolest Friesland automobiles they had to share a GTI when the charade GTT i came out in 1987 allegedly it was the first production car to have over 100 per liter but I think only amongst ordinary cars ever anyway the CB three cylinder engine provided a pretty big output for such a lightweight free door hatchback besides the engine is fuel-injected it doesn't need much to get over 150 horsepower d KW 3 equals 6 is a ridiculous name without any sense or is it dkw actually tried to underline that the 2-stroke free Thunder is a very similar firing to a four-stroke 6-cylinder the two-stroke has its flaws though that dates for another debate the engine had a single selects carburetor and over the years made a power upgrade from fitted fall to fall in auspi [Applause] BMW i8 is a crazy-looking sports car the BMW i8 surprisingly has only a freestyle engine combined with a front-mounted electric motor the whole system has 362 hospital but the 1.5 liter combustion engine itself has 251 of them it is the be for the 8k 15 tio as a performance variant of the three cylinder used in the minis or we another two series Mel coos rs.1000 the rs.1000 from the East Germany was a sports car suitable for streets as well as trikes a PI donor was the Varberg 3-5 free using mainly chassis and engine the tooth shop unit received a triples of carburetors improved exhaust system and a high compression ratio to gain 20 more horsepower it was connected to a five-speed manual from the Barkers b1000 and the car had independent suspension on both axles [Music] Honda beat the Honda beat is one of the most recognized cake has of the 90s when it spins for in a design unlike its competitors it was naturally aspirated mainly benefiting from individual fertile bodies its rev limiter was somewhere around 9,000 rpm and if you didn't know it was the very last car to be approved by the father of the company Soichiro Honda before his death [Applause] thought Festa EcoBoost the Ford Fiesta with the 1 litre EcoBoost unit was amongst the first to bring a freeze on the turbo in this era it is often described is the best one we need not just one or two of Earth's of the engine of the Year contest its most powerful version has one hand for the gospel which is pretty decent for once on heavy hatchback besides that a new fist ice-t is going to have 1.5 liter free banger as well [Music] [Applause] [Music] Suzuki cappuccino originally the cappuccino was intended to be sold within the Japanese islands only as the Honda beat competitor but in 1992 it appeared on the British International Motor Show and sales were launched in the UK it featured a sewage Bell driven f6 engine which was swapped for the lighter k6a chain driven in combination with an LSD later on a Coriolis energy whether you believe me or not a cue lies Danish company owned by a former teacher of mine in Denmark at the time of my studies he with his team we're finishing his new product called the synergy it is extremely lightweight and many parts are shared with the turtle I go Pedro 107 and Citroen c1 such as the engine gearbox axles steering and others [Music] [Music] sab 93 96 being sapped sickened production car the 93 model featured a two-stroke mounted longitudinally hovering front wheels the engine was laid to reuse with the new 96 model which received a slight engine volume increase it was fitted with a single carburetor making 38 horsepower Modell's ordered the option to have three carburetors reaching 57 horsepower [Music] [Applause] super adjusting the original sir adjust he was powered by either of the two Friesland engines using the widened and stretched platform of the sewer XK car that just II was offered with a front or all-wheel drive system on some markets it was only sold with the bigger 1.2 liter engine and 4x4 [Music] [Music] otto's I'm a z1 from the design standpoint the autism a z1 is the most interesting caker with its cute look and most notably gooing dolls behind the seats there was the Suzuki sourced turbocharged inline three later on Mazda introduced a Mazda speed version with a different body Keith's revised suspension and limited slip diff [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Mazda right before I wasn't only a concept in shoka it was a working race car forget that it doesn't have a reciprocating engine the 20 be prefilled ported rear of the engine was tuned by a company called racing beat to run on the 100% ethanol which makes it able to reach an output of 450 horsepower at 9,000 rpm a sad thing is that it was the one-off concept which caught on fire and burned to the ground during the Top Gear test drive [Music] smart road sir the smart roadster was the second model by this German company with his low weight it was fine with a little 700 CC turbocharged rear-mounted engine its output was between 61 to 82 horsepower while a BRABUS variant was introduced as well that one had a lowered suspension twin pipe exhaust and 100 horsepower [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]

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Keywords: VisioRacer, engine, sound, acceleration, 3-cylinder, inline-3, straight-3, 3-rotor, 20B, Mazda Furai, BMW i8, Autozam AZ-1, Suzuki Cappuccino, Honda Beat, Smart Roadster, Daihatsu Charade GTti, DKW 3=6, Melkus RS1000, Subaru Justy, Saab 93, Saab 96, Aquila Synergy, Ford Fiesta EcoBoost

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Length: 13min 35sec (815 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 01 2017

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Are there any Autozam owners here? I am curious because I have contemplated purchasing one because of how much it looks like an RS200 and seems like it would generally be fun but wonder about parts availability in North America and if there are alternative, better suited suspensions available.