New RWD Subaru Sports Coupe (FT-86 equivalent) Coming in March!

[Russo]

you gave an assumption...

[98_Camaro]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

I see two problems with that explanation. Anyone that I've talked to what likes a high hp/L has been living in either the US or Canada. Last time I checked, neither country has a displacement tax. Second, regardless of why a manufacturer does it, its not a positive attribute and if anything, its a negative. More power is good. More torque is good. But high hp/L ... so what? I'd much rather have an LS7 than the 4.3L from the F430 Scuderia. The proponents of hp/L would have you believe that the Ferrari engine is superior, since it makes more than 50% more hp/L. But in just about any measurable way its inferior to the big pushrod mill of the Z06: it makes less torque, burns more fuel, and costs more (and presumably, weighs more and is bigger overall though I can't find much info on that stuff)

I think it's cost-effective to be able to mass produce one kind of engine and market it in two territories than to lower the production scale, develop two different engines, and market them according to the separate territories.
From a performance standpoint, it's utterly redundant. From a business standpoint, it garners the company bigger profits which is really what most profitable businesses are after.

[a_Username]

Originally Posted by Russo

you gave an assumption...

You been drinking?

[Russo]

Originally Posted by a_Username

You been drinking?

lol, im always like this

[Inuyashas_Brother]

Yes, they were thinking of giving it the "celica" name.