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The info is useful, but those do not seem to be all that small. There were smaller engines available for the ICE version of the Clio, for example.

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There was, and it was shit. The Cléon-Fonte, despite all my love for its BBBBRRRRRRRRRRVVVVVVVVVVV was becoming wildly insufficient for the already ever heavier cars simply due to electronics and safety measures, and it was already a 1.2L. The smallest ever put on a Clio was a .999L, and anyone driving a Twingo knows how it behaves the moment there's... a slight incline, or two people in the care.

1.5L is an incredibly small engine, especially when previous versions required much larger. The Renault Scénic IV is a 1.5 ton brick that is happily running on a 1.2L engine. The Scénic II's most sold motorization was a 2L engine.

I feel like I remember a pickup being available that was a 6L v8. So one cylinder in that engine had almost the same volume as all the cylinders in a 1.5L engine combined. That's pretty crazy to me.

edit: oh it was mine heh, my first car was a 1979 ford with a 460 ( 7.5L v8 ). It was a hand me down from my grandfather, he said if i could get it running i could have it.

A 6 liter 4-cylinder would have the same volume in a single cylinder as a 1.5L engine. A V8 of that size would have half the volume in a single cylinder, not almost the same volume.

A 1.5 liter is incredibly small. You’ll struggle to accelerate up slight inclines with that. If you’re in the mountains it will be even worse.

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