But, generally, we've always regarded four as the lowest limit of cylinders in a dignified car engine. This is the year that's changing … That's not a lot of cars, and the almost exclusively low-end nature of the cars is a large part of why many Americans still look at triple cylinders with a mix of pity and shame. Interestingly, odd-numbered cylinder engines have always had a sort of stigma about them, being usually seen as weird compromises. Five-cylinders were made to fit … …

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Why 2014 Will Be The Year Three Cylinder Engines Stop Being Weird