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Old 28-07-2008, 04:07 PM   #1
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Exclamation Ford to Produce Three-Cylinder Engines!!!

WOW!!! This is a bold move!!

Link: Ford to Produce Three-Cylinder Engines

I guess petrol and oil prices are driving manufactures insane! imagine trying to cope with this crap!

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Old 28-07-2008, 04:27 PM   #2
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Its A Daihatsu!
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Old 28-07-2008, 04:34 PM   #3
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I don't see any problem with it. There is and will continue to be, a market for small frugal engines despite our love for performance cars.
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Old 28-07-2008, 05:02 PM   #4
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My Ford tractor has a 3 cylinder engine. Nothing new, been done since the late 1950s.
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Old 28-07-2008, 05:20 PM   #5
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I'd love to have a big V8 that has two 3 cylinder engines in doors to power the power windows
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Old 28-07-2008, 06:22 PM   #6
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Ford dealers and marketing has been running on three cylinders for years. Nothing new here.
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Old 28-07-2008, 08:18 PM   #7
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Two come free in the engine bay of every new Falcon as of 2010?. V6 anyone? haha
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Old 28-07-2008, 09:00 PM   #8
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mmm, 3 cyl falcon E-gas...
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Old 28-07-2008, 09:57 PM   #9
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Nahh slight journalistic exaggeration there.
It's actually a starter motor for this
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Old 28-07-2008, 10:02 PM   #10
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Nahh slight journalistic exaggeration there.
It's actually a starter motor for this
I thought it might have been for this one:

http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cy...6c_cyldeck.jpg
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Old 29-07-2008, 12:45 AM   #11
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a 3 cyl engine is now relevant news worthy material on fordforums!

the humanity, oh cruel world!

guess we could be seeing limited edition mustangs soon weighing 4000lb with 1L 100HP turbo engines. hope they invent time machines so I can skip backwards or foreward past the coming era of toy engines.
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