The 3 Cylider Engine

[mike63]

Hi new to the forum & a recent owner of a 2012 aygo.

My question to the experienced owners is the smoothness of the engine.

The aygo I just bought is new when I start from stand still the engine starts slighly rough until it goes past the 2000 rpm after that is smooth.

Now I put that down to the fact that is a 3 cylinder engine.

What do the experienced owners say?

[Cyker]

Be glad it's not the 3-cylinder TDI in a Bluemotion Polo!

[dervdave]

Not driven the Aygo but the 3 `potta` engine in the wifes new Corsa is a cracker.

Smooth and quiet with a great noise when the revs rise.

The 3 cylinder Eco power engine Ford have just released in the Focus looks really interesting.

[dwilson]

Mine sounds quite rough when I start it up and pull off of my steep drive but otherwise it just has a rather pleasant throaty roar when I accelerate hard in second or third gear!

David

[grinner82]

It rather noisy until it warms up, after about 5 miles its smooth at all rev ranges. 0-60 at 12.9 as well! book is 14.2!

[Spazmoid]

When I collected my 2012 Aygo Ice I thought the engine was coming out but after 500 miles I'm used to it now; my Triumph Daytona 966i also has a 3 cylinder engine but sadly there's no performance similarities.

[Arragonis]

Being a 3 cyl it is unbalanced (in a 4+ cyl at least one is on the power stroke) so it will "pulse" at idle. Under 3K mine is silent, after that it gets a growing "growl". It isn't quiet above 3K but it isn't rough either, kind of 6 cyl smooth at that speed.