Whether you are willing to accept it or not, the technical trend of the engine has shifted from "large-displacement naturally aspirated" to "small-displacement turbocharged", and even the number of cylinders of the engine is getting less and less, and now the 1.0L-1.5L three-cylinder turbocharged engine has become the power of the new generation. Today we will talk about a wave of three-cylinder machines at the forefront of Chinese and foreign car companies.

First, let's talk about why most of us reject three-cylinder engines. To summarize, there are roughly three such doubts: 1. Is the power very weak? 2. Will the vibration and noise be too great? 3, how about the reliability after long-term use? Many people's impressions or doubts about the three-cylinder engine may date back to the 1980s Xiali (TJ7100).

The TJ376Q three-cylinder engine technology from Japan's Daihatsu, the technical configuration is not backward at the time, it uses a single overhead camshaft, two valves per cylinder, compression ratio of 9.5:1. This three-cylinder engine still leaves a lot of negative impressions: "the power of the air conditioner uphill in the summer", "the noise level of one of the three tenors", "high idle vibration"...

The surprise is that the Ford 1.0T with its small body burst out a strong power, the higher power 125Ps(92kW)/6000rpm, the larger torque 170N · m/ 140-4500rpm! This is stronger than the previous two Charley 1.0L engines combined, and the ride is also comparable to the four-cylinder engine, so Ford also won the International engine Award in 2014 and 2015.