Is the three-cylinder engine good or not?

As for the three-cylinder engine, although many manufacturers are developing and promoting it now, it has not been recognized by consumers. For example, the three-cylinder engine introduced by SAIC-GM was applied to Yinglang and other models, which did not increase sales, but led to a decline in sales. Similarly, the three-cylinder engine developed by Honda, installed on the Civic model, not only failed to attract customers, but even became a "chicken-ribbed model". So, is a three-cylinder engine worth buying? Let's analyze it. First of all, talk about the advantages of a three-cylinder engine. As we all know, a three-cylinder engine is small and light. In addition, with the reduction of the number of cylinders, the displacement of the three-cylinder engine will also decrease. The smaller the displacement, the lower the fuel consumption, so the fuel consumption will naturally be lower and the vehicle cost will be further reduced. This is also the reason why many manufacturers are determined to invest a lot of money to develop three-cylinder engines without consumer approval. Of course, although the three-cylinder engine has many advantages, its disadvantages are equally obvious, and sometimes even more prominent. First of all, it is an indisputable fact that a three-cylinder engine is noisier. Although it has been improved now, it still has some shortcomings compared with the four-cylinder engine. More fatally, the jitter problem caused by its working principle (that is, when a three-cylinder engine is working, there are always two cylinders running at the same time, while the other cylinder is running alone) is its most prominent shortcoming, and no manufacturer can completely solve this problem, which also makes it difficult for a three-cylinder engine to be recognized by consumers. In addition, due to the lack of cylinders, the starting acceleration performance of the three-cylinder engine is not as good as that of the traditional four-cylinder engine. To sum up, the advantages and disadvantages of three-cylinder engine are obvious. How to choose depends on the specific use, and cannot be generalized.