Just 20 years ago, it was still relatively uncommon for a luxury car to use a four-cylinder engine. How things have changed! For most of automotive history, four‑cylinder engines were meant for thrift, not thrust. The idea of a four-cylinder engine in a truck like the Chevrolet Silverado would have sounded like a pretty tough sell a couple of decades ago because a four-cylinder had never been designed to handle the towing demands and torque output required by modern full-size pickup drivers.
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