Is a three-cylinder engine any good?

For three-cylinder engines, although many manufacturers are now developing and promoting them, they have not been recognized by consumers. For example, the three-cylinder engine launched by SAIC-GM and installed on the Yinglang and other models not only did not increase sales, but led to a decline in sales, or the three-cylinder engine developed by Honda and installed on the Civic model, not only did no one care about it, it even became the brand name of the Civic. A useless model. So, let’s take a look today to see if the three-cylinder engine is worth buying.

First, let’s talk about the advantages of the three-cylinder engine. As we all know, three-cylinder engines are small and lightweight. If another three-cylinder engine has fewer cylinders, its displacement will become smaller, and the engine with a smaller displacement will eat less. In this way, fuel consumption will naturally be lower and vehicle costs will be further reduced. This is also the reason why three-cylinder engines are not recognized by consumers. Major manufacturers still spare no effort to develop three-cylinder engines.

Of course, although the three-cylinder engine has many advantages, the disadvantages are also obvious, and the disadvantages even outweigh the advantages. First of all, it is an indisputable fact that three-cylinder engines are noisy. While an improvement over its predecessor, it still falls short when compared to a four-cylinder engine. What's more, due to the working principle (when a three-cylinder engine is working, two cylinders are always running at the same time, and the other cylinder is running alone), the jitter problem is its fatal shortcoming, which cannot be completely solved by any manufacturer, which also leads to the three-cylinder The engine is not recognized by consumers. In addition, the air intake volume is reduced due to one less cylinder. Therefore, the starting and acceleration performance of a three-cylinder engine is not as good as that of a conventional four-cylinder engine. In general, the advantages and disadvantages of the three-cylinder engine are equally obvious. How to choose an engine depends on your actual car usage, so I can't say whether it is good or not.

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