Once upon a time, it was a big deal when any car broke their barrier 300 horses. Now it seems almost any performance car can hit that range – even with four cylinders under the hood.
His GIANNI Tsirogiannis (gt@newsauto.gr)
The wonders of the supercharger, direct fuel injection and variable valve timing allow engineers to extract huge amounts of power from smaller engines, than ever before. Here we've singled out the four most powerful 4-cylinder cars available on the US market.
Mercedes-Benz AMG A45
AMG's model hides the world's most powerful four-cylinder production engine. If you are in Europe, you can also get this motor on the A45. When AMGs started to become available 45, they caught the impressionable easily 355 horsepower in performance. The engineers showed the fuse again when they renewed the cars. We're certainly not complaining.
Volvo S60/V60 Polestar
Painted in the brand's signature blue, the Polestar versions of the S60 and V60 immediately stand out. Most of the time, Nevertheless, it's a blue flash, which crosses the former 100 km/h in just 4,4 sec. Wormwood, fast and extremely capable, thanks to the properly adjusted suspension and the Brembo brakes. Polestar twins are among the favorite cars with "tabletop" performance.