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Originally Posted by Tony C
Ok so lets make a list of potential manufacturers. If we discount low volume (relative) manufacturers, and take into account the demographics of the brands who are we left with?
BMW no
Mercedes Benz no
Jaguar no
Toyota, Kia, Hyundai, are about the only real possibilities.
But most manufacturers are against putting someone elses (V8) engine in their car so that drops all of these out...
It may be different if the engine rules made turbo V6 or 4 cylinders a realistic option, but current power levels are too high for that to be a serious (affordable) option.
Personally I would like to see a power to weight ratio formula that would allow a turbo 4 to compete with the N/A V8.
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There are huge problems mixing turbo/NA/4 cylinder/6 cylinder etc. It is easy enough to get the same power figure but another thing altogether to get the same performance curve from different enging configurations, in fact it is damn near impossible. That fact alone would mix up things enough to make it interesting but those who are parity devotees would not like it.