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The Juke is an economy car that drinks premium fuel 188 hp out of a 1.6-liter turbo direct-injection four-banger will do that.
Nissan's Jazzy Juke, Imperfect on Purpose Dan Neil 2011
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I've just spent two weeks enjoying the company of the 2012 Civic Hybrid sedan see sidebar and the Si sedan—the sport-tuned version with a 201-hp four-banger, a limited-slip differential, and a six-speed manual gearbox to slap around—and, to damn them with faint praise, they're actually pretty good cars.
Honda's Sporty New Civic, Heavy on the 'Ick' Dan Neil 2011
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Dan Neil/The Wall Street Journal The Mazda5's 2.5-liter, 157-horsepower four-banger and five-speed automatic transmission are serviceable, "but there's more exertion than passion underfoot here," Mr. Neil says.
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Aimed primarily at European and Asian markets, this thing is a full 20 inches shorter overall (162.4 inches) than Nissan's Rogue cute-ute, with 17-inch alloy rims, optional torque-vectoring all-wheel drive, an available six-speed manual transmission (or a continuously variable transmission, or CVT), and a bumptious, short-fused 1.6-liter turbo four-banger (188 horsepower and 177 pound-feet of torque at 2,000 to 5,200 rpm).
Nissan's Jazzy Juke, Imperfect on Purpose Dan Neil 2011
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A full-size sedan with a four-banger would have been anathema a year ago, but now it fits right in.
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The Mazda5's 2.5-liter, 157-horsepower four-banger and five-speed automatic transmission are serviceable, but there's more exertion than passion underfoot here.
Mazda5 Says Yes to Convenience, No to Bloat Dan Neil 2011
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And the Gold Wing's motor is a flat six, like a Porsche engine, while Cube has (and will always have) an anemic four-banger; not too different from Soul's and xB's offerings.
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And the Gold Wing's motor is a flat six, like a Porsche engine, while Cube has (and will always have) an anemic four-banger; not too different from Soul's and xB's offerings.
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Spyker wouldn't have to go with a V4 (though the thought of the engine from the new Honda VRF1200 is intriguing); a conventional four-banger would do the trick.
Wired Top Stories 2010
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The problem is more pronounced with the 168 horse four-banger.
Steve Parker: Mitsubishi Motors: Just Who Are They, Anyway? 2010
alexz commented on the word four-banger
I've heard four-banger since the 80's.
appears to go back to 1940's Motor Truck News , assuming the date on the book is accurate.
August 17, 2013