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Originally Posted by felixcat
Well, in US market for most people, number of cylinders is somewhat equal to status/position. Because for 99.9% production cars, more cylinder engine option costs more money; at the same time they know for the current most expensive production car in the world, it also has the most number of cylinders among all production car in the market.
Therefore at this moment it is extremely hard to persuade consumers in the US that for the same car model, fewer cylinder version can be better and more expensive than more cylinder version. Most people just do not believe this. It's like forcing them to change their religion, nearly impossible.
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Unfortunately this it true. People equate performance with engine size which is generally true for NA engines. However with forced induction, all bets are off and performance is influenced as much by boost as displacement.
Ford is currently bucking the bigger is better trend with the Eco-Boost engine in their trucks. It is a sweet motor for a truck. With fuel prices where they are and the looming CAFE mandates, the smaller, forced induction engines should start gaining popularity.