If you’re speaking on the 1.4l turbo, that was introduced in 2012. Have one in my car and it’s a great little engine. Lots of extra room in the engine bay left over though.
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KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 5 months agothe 1.4 introduced somewherein the 2000s was their last “good” engine. newer models just suffer from downsizing, constant engine problems after around 80K km.
buy a used honda or a toyota. might even be fuel efficient if you buy a prius for cheap and replace the battery.
or, you know… buy a small car. the 1st gen aygo easily does 40-50mpg and cost 10K BRAND NEW. but then toyota made it a crossover which uses more fuel and is almost 20K.
mihnt@lemmy.world 5 months ago
KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
i think it was an earlier NA one. my brother’s 2006 Polo has it.
extra room is good, a couple more turbos can’t hurt.
mihnt@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It’s aluminum block though. Only so much that little guy can take. I honestly have never looked into many performance upgrades for it outside a new air intake because that giant fuck-off box that’s under my hood needs to go.
KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
of course. it’s better to optimize airflow and only slightly increase boost.
or if you wanna go extreme, swap a bigger, more durable engine in there.
all at the cost of fuel mileage.
Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Their diesel engines are great. At almost 100k miles on my diesel jetta and no issues whatsoever.
KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
160K km is indeed quite an amount, my 1SZ-FE Yaris has done just over 100K now, and similarly has had zero incidents after 20 Years and me being it’s 4th owner. doesn’t use oil, doesn’t burn coolant, no unusual rattles, everytime we change the oil it’s still very translucent.
they don’t make them like they used to, not even the toyotas.