Drew Dowdell
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A Passat with the Malibu's 2.0 would do fine... the Malibu has 259hp and 295 lb-ft. The VW 2.0T only has 210hp and 207 ft-lbs.
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2.0t as a mid-range motor maybe, but their 2.0 doesn't have the guts to be a v6 replacement
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hahah BMW really screwed the pooch with their naming scheme.
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The key for Cadillac in the EU is diesel engines and a vastly upgraded dealership channel. Buick is an aspirational brand in China, but they are also selling a rebadged old Opel Astra as the Buick Excelle XT for about $15000 while our Buick Verano is sold as the Buick Excelle GT for about $21,000, so though they are aspirational, they are also attainable.
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.... the fail here... it makes my head hurt. Horsepower is a marketing tool and nothing more. Torque is what moves you. More torque at a lower RPM is a good thing. Horsepower is a measurement of torque over time (rpm).... There is no need to spin these engines up because the torque comes on low. HP = (torque X RPM) / 5252 For the 2.3, that means at 3000 RPM where the engine is making its most torque, the engine is making 171 horsepower. For the 2.0, that means at 3000 RPM where the engine is making its most torque, the engine is making 154 horsepower. For the 4.3, that means at 3900 RPM where the engine is making its most torque, the engine is making 226 horsepower... BUT you have to spin it up an extra 900 RPM to get that HP.... At 3,000 rpm however, the 4.3 V6 only makes about 270 lb-ft meaning the horsepower output at that speed is about 154 horsepower. At 3,000 rpm, the 4.3 V6 produces equal horsepower to a 2.0 Ecoboost and less horsepower than the 2.3 Ecoboost. You're not after peak horsepower... you're after peak torque.. and you want it as low as possible on the Tach. BTW, the Tesla Model S makes its maximum torque of 315 lb-ft at ZERO rpm (software limited). No matter what the torque is, at ZERO RPM the horsepower is ZERO..... but 315 ft-lbs @ ZERO RPM (impossible in any internal combustion engine btw) will rip your eyelids out when you let off the brake.
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These aren't high reving engines. Look at the RPM the torque peak comes in at... 3,000 rpm for both. To put that in perspective, the new Ecotec 4.3 liter V6 in the Silverado makes its peak 305 lb-ft at 3,900 rpm while the 5.3 makes its peak torque at 4,100 rpm. The old 3.0 liter V6 in the Lacrosse actually had to be revved way more than either of these Ecoboost engines. It made 255hp @ 6900 RPM and 217 lb-ft @ 5100 RPM and nary a turbo in sight! Even our 1.4T in the Encore rarely crests 3,200 rpm in daily driving while the 2.4 liter CR-V regularly needs to tickle 4,000.
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