Dropping Cylinders: Displacement Is Decreasing, But Performance Isn?t [Infographic]

So maybe there is a replacement for displacement. Since the 2008 trifecta of more-stringent fuel-economy regulations, a global financial crisis, and $4-per-gallon gas, engines have shrunk. Yet horsepower has increased, more than offsetting the average car?s weight gain. The enablers? Direct injection and forced induction, mostly. Here?s a look at how underhood affairs have changed [...]

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