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2026. 7. 12. 작업

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I read that Ford Taunus (not to be confused with Taurus, it was a small model for German market) used to be made with a V4 engine but that's about it. How come V4 never became more used in modern automotive engineering?

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One of the most influential reason as to why the V4 didnt take off is the ROI(return on investment) . The reason as to why we have the V configuration is to save space , High performance cars have V configuration since they have upwards of 6 to 8 cylinders and putting them in a straight configuration will eat up a lot of space thus the V. In the V4 that advantage is not there since the size difference is very minute. The V4 configuration is more expensive to produce you need 2 cylinder blocks,so on and so forth. Inline cylinders are much much much more refined than V engines and since most 4 cylinder cars are family everyday cars refinements sits on top of requirement. V4 engines are harder to maintain since they have complex builds and harder to reach for components. In summary, there is no need of a much complex V4 engine when an inline 4 can do the job much better at lower cost and higher refinement. That said , Hondas have used the V4s on their VFR range to great success. Edit: Lan