Where have all the 2.0-litre petrol engines gone?

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Where have all the 2.0-litre petrol engines gone?

I have a 2.0-litre Volkswagen Passat 130 petrol engine car. I would like to replace it with car with a similar size petrol-engined car not turbocharged It seems these days that petrol engines fitted to cars are small sized but need a turbocharger to give a reasonable performance.

Can you help to identify any similar cars to my Passat?

Asked on 14 April 2017 by Paul Whitaker

Answered by Honest John

Except in the case of Mazda, what you describe has happened. 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 litre naturally aspirated petrol engines are almost all replaced by smaller, far more efficient turbocharged engines that heat up faster and are also far better to drive. But Mazda gives you what you want in the form of the Mazda 6 2.0 Skyactiv G.

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