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The oil filter placement caught my eye too, but it looks like it's mounted more towards the rear to me. It's mounted more towards the front on the Hemi.
My wife's Mazda DI has been flawless in 85,000 miles and 10 years. The key is designing the motor to keep the valves clean, I thought some (maybe Toyota?) were adding a single fuel injector upstream to spray fuel at certain times to keep the valves clean.This article from Road & Track says this engine will be direct injection. That makes this a hard pass for me. I could live with dual injection, but my Audi has given me all the direct injection experience I'll ever want.
The Stellantis Hurricane Is a 500-Plus-HP Straight-Six That's Pushing Out the V-8
Stellantis is promising V-8 levels of power from its new twin-turbo six-cylinder engines. It's set to reach showrooms this year.autos.yahoo.com
I do the same but after a minute of reflecting I am glad for modern vehicles and will aways take new over old..and my first car was older than most..Everytime I look at a modern engine I reflect back on my first car. ‘55 Chevy with a 265 V8. Could have fit that engine in twice and I could sit on the radiator or wells to work on it. Plugs, point and condenser anyone ?
I would be first in line..I have had a lot of first year vehicles and knock on wood never had an issue.
I agree. I had an'81 BMW 733i with a rare 5 speed for several years. It was a great motor with lots of torque and speed even in a big car like the 7 series.
A good buddy of mine who grew up working on 50s, 60s and 70s vehicles told me: "They don't build cars the way they used to, and thank goodness they don't"
