Tiny 0.7 Liter Engine Produces An Amazing 134 Horsepower Per Liter

Believe me, I’m no engineer. But this very powerful 0.7 liter engine that reportedly produces 134 horsepower per liter has my full attention. I recall the days of the 6.6 liter Trans Am and 5.7 liter Mustang. If you mentioned an engine less than one liter in size, I would have laughed and only believed you were talking about a lawn mower. The five horsepower Briggs and Stratton motor on my go kart was probably larger than 0.7 liters.

Yet, it looks like the German company FEV, based in Aachen, Germany, is the one that could be laughing now. We heard about FEV yesterday with their plug-in hybrid Fiat 500 conversion. Not only are they hard at work on plug-in powertrains, they have also developed what they’re calling an extremely downsized engine (EDE) that uses three cylinders, is turbocharged and could be an excellent replacement for the current crop of small, low displacement engines on the market.

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