雪鐵龍的經濟三是輕鬆和良好的價值,但剩下的福特新嘉年華的驅動程式的 choiceThis 是雪鐵龍的 C3 超,這裡裝有標緻雪鐵龍所有新三缸汽油發動機,在 208 亮相。PSA 的工程師說,發動機獲得了 52 項專利,其中 17 缸蓋與設計有關的孤獨。發動機缸體鑄造鋁合金和複雜的設計,採用發動機越來越多點和排氣管道。氣缸蓋獲取每個氣缸和可變氣門正時的四個閥門在進氣和排氣的閥門上。該公司表示,相比當前的四缸引擎,內部摩擦下降了 30%。僅此,功能更強大的 80bhp 版本的三鍋引擎獲取平衡軸。入門級,67bhp 版本並不基於成本的理由,但雪鐵龍目前沒有計劃提供此引擎在英國。成本方面的考慮也排除啟動停止系統。有幾個整齊的工程特點 ︰ cambelt 從油潤滑的引擎在油底殼閹割和設計,汽車的使用壽命。皮帶驅動的交流發電機車加速,減少發動機的負荷時也可以去抓住。有趣的是,工程的消息人士告訴汽車,PSA 還沒有計劃打造渦輪增壓版本的引擎,儘管成功的福特的 1。0 升,三缸渦輪增壓的單位。為配合新的引擎,雪鐵龍已修改 C3 底盤,增加反側傾率在 15%左右和阻尼率 20%左右。 Citroen's economical triple is effortless and good value, but the Ford Fiesta remains the drivers' choiceThis is Citroen's C3 supermini, here fitted with Peugeot-Citroens all-new three-cylinder petrol engine, which made its debut in the 208. PSA engineers say that the engine has been awarded 52 patents, 17 of them related to the cylinder head design alone. The engine block is cast from aluminium alloys and is a complex design that incorporates the engine mounting points and the exhaust ducts. The cylinder head gets four valves per cylinder, and variable valve timing on both the inlet and exhaust valves. The company says that, compared to the current four-cylinder engines, internal friction levels have been reduced by 30 per cent. Only this, more powerful 80bhp version of the three-pot engine gets a balancer shaft. The entry-level, 67bhp version does not on cost grounds, but Citroen is not currently planning to offer this engine in the UK. Cost considerations also ruled out a start-stop system. There are a few neat engineering features: the engines cambelt is lubricated from an oil spay in the sump and is designed to last the life of the car. The belt-driven alternator can also be de-clutched when the car is accelerating, reducing the load on the engine. Interestingly, an engineering source told Autocar that PSA had no plans to build a turbocharged version of this engine, despite the success of Ford's 1. 0-litre, three-cylinder, turbocharged unit. To go along with the new engine, Citroen has modified the C3 chassis, increasing the anti-roll rates by around 15 per cent and the damping rates by around 20 per cent.