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Small Car Engines
- The Tata Nano (624cc)
- Caterham Seven 160 (660cc)
- Maruti Suzuki Celerio Diesel (793cc)
- Fiat 500 0.9 Twin Air (875cc)
- Smart ForTwo (898cc)
- The Smart ForTwo comes with two engine options and the smallest is the 898cc turbocharged unit.
Small vs. Large Engines
- The smallest production V8: Ferrari 208 GT4 (2.0L)
- The largest engines made:
- Chevrolet Suburban (8.1-litres)
- Cadillac Eldorado (8.2-litres)
- Dodge Ram (8.3-litres)
- Dodge Viper (8.4-litre)
- Bugatti Royale (12.7-Litre)
- Inline-six engines are more expensive than V6 engines.
Engine Facts
- The most powerful small block V8: 6.2L in the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, producing 755 horsepower.
- The Stinger 609 engine costs $5695 naturally aspirated, with a supercharger adding $1700.
- The world’s smallest working V12 required 1200 man hours to build, with a 12cm3 capacity and 10mm stroke pistons.