GM bought, built and jointly developed four cilinder engines in Europe for decades. They could just as simply brought home the technology and implement it.
From a long conversation I had with a few people that lived in the US for some decades, it’s about the perception of size and power. It’s about showing. There is a Camry where I live, gas engine; the car is a land yacht, the engine must be huge. For what? Next to the same car, a BMW is parked every day, smaller engine, much more power, a completely different level of manufacture.
GM bought, built and jointly developed four cilinder engines in Europe for decades. They could just as simply brought home the technology and implement it.
From a long conversation I had with a few people that lived in the US for some decades, it’s about the perception of size and power. It’s about showing. There is a Camry where I live, gas engine; the car is a land yacht, the engine must be huge. For what? Next to the same car, a BMW is parked every day, smaller engine, much more power, a completely different level of manufacture.