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Most people will say v6 consumes fuel and because of that they need inline 4. And It’s mostly from people who haven’t used v6 before.

Most v6 engines is between 3.0L to 4L engine. The performance cannot be compare to that of 2L or 2.4L engine.

As car aged the engine get weak from time to time. But because its a powerful engine you can still get the best out from the v6 engine like using Air condition and better overall performance. Unlike 4 plug.

Here is my findings if you care to listen. If you have used small generator and big generator before you will understand the difference when you add loads.

V6 doesn’t consume fuel if you go slow with the pedal. The engine is already big and power and doesn’t need much throttle in city driving. Even if you didn’t press the throttle you will notice the car is already moving and needs little touch to pick faster. But you see small engine you will need to fire it harder before it pick which end up zapping more fuel.

When you add AC on big engine during idle. The only sound you will hear is from the fan. But with small engine it will likely vibrates which means more fuel and tear.

Climbing hill with full load on small engine. You will floor the throttle and zap more and more fuel. But with big engine you climbs it with minimal force and small fuel consumption.

If 4plug consumed 4 liters is city driving, v6 will consume 5 liters or at worst 6 litters.

Lastly. Let assume you saved 20k from fuel in a month from small engine but you end up spending 50k for one to two repair in a month. Its already counter productive and not a wise decision if you will not have to fix anything from a big engine.

Also I noticed car with little fuel consumption are costly and also their parts are costly too. Unlike big engine cars.


I still think choosing a car should be a strong car with solid suspension. One that will not take you to mechanic within 4-6 months to fix any major thing. That should be sort after rather than fuel consumption. If you live in Nigeria you should know this by now. With all the bad roads suspension is something that will take you too mechanic all the time.

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Automanual is back

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OP, nice post and yes I agree with you👍
Some Lagos roads can make one even regret driving a sedan or saloon. I believe to be on the safe side, a V6 suv is a better option.