>American engineering when regulations>190 hp 8.2 l v8>German engineering when regulations>230 hp 1.5 l i3 + 130 hp electric motor
>>28801695i'll take the 8.2l V8. set of headers and a cam and it'll crush anything on the road.
>>28801695Even with the shitty power output, the american one would still be easier to maintain on your own.
>>28801695Europeans are just better, superior people all around.
>>28801715Were but the stupid ass working class murdered the upper classes and or stole their wealth and then invited browns to take their own money. It’s truly fascinating. Anyway, Europe is shit now
>its another euro cherry picking hp/L meme metricNow let's compare torque/L
>>28801853Really sure you want to do this? Okay then.>1975–1976 (Late Production): Total Torque: 360 lb-ft (SAE Net). Torque per Liter: ~43.9 lb-ft/L (approx. 59.5 Nm/L).
>>28801695Which one will be running 40 years later?
>>28801922>The BMW i8's 1.5-liter, 3-cylinder turbocharged engine (B38) has a torque output of approximately 157.3 to 160 lb-ft per liter, with the exact figure varying slightly by model year and configuration.
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>>28801992Fixed
>>28801695How does the math work out that you have 8.2 liters of displacement but only 180 horsepower?
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>>28802081It makes that 180hp at pretty much idle with a shitload of torque at almost idle. Why does a new Rolls Royce not break 600hp with it's almost 7 liter twin turbo V12?
>>28802079Kek
>>28801695>hey, lets compare a motor from the 70s with one from 2018
>>28802081It's hardly the worst HP/L car out there. The 1975 Ford Granda had an inline 6 engine option with 4.1L of displacement and produced only 70 HP. Half the displacement of the car in the OP, but almost 1/3rd of the power.
I wonder what MPG would this get on the highway.
The American automakers already had a 500hp V8 and saw no value in engineering an entirely new engine from scratch to deal with regulations they viewed as transient, so they just choked the life out of the existing engines to meet specs and whatever power they made is what you got.The good news is that you can take those shackled boat anchors and rip out all the emissions stuff, then slap two turbos on the thing and twist your chassis into a pretzel since the low compression ratio makes it great for boost.
>>28801695>american ecology in mid 1970s>"holy fuck guys leaded gas was fucking bad idea after all, we're banning it from now". now install a cat on your car>5 years later, oh and here's emission test cycle representing "real driving">european ecology in mid 1970s>leaded gas, what's that? we must "properly investigate it" which will take us 20+ years to completely ban. now buy a fucking a diesel>oh, and we made this "emission test cycle" that even 2cv can pass, because acceleration to 50kph takes like a minute
>>28801695>pic of 2018 vehicleRemind me, which American V8 from 2018 only made 190hp?I'm seeing V8s that made 400-800hp from America at that time. Why does the BMW only make 230 hp under the same regulations?
>>28801695190 hp was low for the displacement but they were not a slow car at all for its size, people think all old cars look alike and think a Dodge Aspen with a 225 Slant Six is about as fast as 8.2L Cadillac.
>>28801695Those are cars from different centuries retard. Also ignoring the fact that the V8 can be easily modified/unfucked to bring it back to 400-500+hp, while the BMW would take a magnitude more time and money to achieve the same results
