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Different engine configurations work for different cars. Small engines and large engines each serve their own specific purposes.

American muscle cars and V8s just go together. It's part of muscle car DNA. Vipers and a gigantic V-10 go together. It's part of Viper DNA. BMW's and I-6s just go together.

Small, 4-cylinder engines even have their place, but in smaller sports cars, where the magic is in the lightweight, handling, and balance, not in the power.

You wouldn't put a heavy, large displacement engine in a Miata or Lotus and take it to a road course, just like you wouldn't put a 4-cylinder into a Camaro and take it to the strip. Those respective combos wouldn't be compatible with the car's respective purpose. A 4-cylinder in a Camaro would go over.....about as well as a 4-cylinder in an Explorer.