Good looking modern engines

[maxdb]

An unusual choice but I find the engine bays of the Porsche Cayenne's interesting

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Trustmeimadoctor said:

How about


Crap engine but still kinda cute

Personally I think it is a very good engine (140+ BHP per litre) the gearbox on the other hand... . Not pretty though.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Stupid location for the plugs though. Must admit i just never got on with it then the gear box then the leaking!

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Trustmeimadoctor said:

Stupid location for the plugs though. Must admit i just never got on with it then the gear box then the leaking!

Don't forget the cracked air-con pipes.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

I missed that one on mine thankfully. oh and the rubber band tyres

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Trustmeimadoctor said:

I missed that one on mine thankfully. oh and the rubber band tyres

... and the steering wheel lifted from the Mary Rose.

We could go on all night.

In the interest of keeping the thread on topic

[Lagerlout]

I was really surprised how good looking the new MX-5 engine is. Reminds me of old Alfa Twin Cams.

[awd2000]

Shamelessly stolen from today's "New 850hp Brabus models" post....but IMHO one for here too

[Agent XXX]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

But the busso has been going since 79! So not really modern it died in 2005 to be replaced with this

Not too bad but no where near as attractive

Edited by Trustmeimadoctor on Tuesday 25th October 20:22

Granted, can't hold a candle to the Busso BUT it's called a 'twin phaser' which immediately makes it just briliant!!!!

[Pan Pan Pan]

Not a modern engine, but I always liked the look of the Jaguar straight six, as used in the E-Type. to me it looks a `bit' like a merlin in miniature.
Porsche engines are superb bits of engineering, but they look like the innards of a washing machine. Not a problem though because in most Porsches, the engine is not really visible whilst it is in the car.

[Loyly]

I can't decide if the new Triumph Truxton engine is cool or naff, but I think it looks quite good. It retains the look of an air cooled bike, with fins on the block and a dummy carburettor. In reality, it's water cooled (so doesn't sound authentic) and it has a really neatly packaged radiator at the front, designed to be inconspicuous. That said, knowing Triumph, those cooling fins may be handy but not in traffic, where Triumphs tend to get hot!

[Fonzey]

Love the Subaru boxer, especially with the big red inlet manifold but even that's covered in plastic on later cars I think

[jjones]

Smokehead said:

Looks like two hoovers going head to head.

Spot on, looks st. Good effort on that Nissan GTR though, not the best looking but at least no plastic rubbish.

[donkmeister]

Wow, remember when you could open your bonnet and see the ground underneath the engine?

+1 for the Busso - a lovely engine in all respects including visual. The 147 GTA was a car that would have financially ruined me if a mate hadn't bought one first - I learned from his experience that they were not cars for a chap on a budget!