One among my favourite issues about the E39 540i is its engine. It’s not precisely highly effective by at the moment’s requirements, however it’s nonetheless comparatively fast and has loads of torque for passing on the highways. It’s additionally run basically problem-free for 25 years. The cooling system and window regulators could also be consumables, however the engine itself has been dead-reliable.
My dad’s 2012 Hyundai Sonata, alternatively — effectively, that’s a unique story. I nonetheless hate the guide transmission extra, however the engine simply isn’t superb. It has direct injection, which was neat on the time, however it seems like they put most of their growth finances into that and didn’t have sufficient left over to ensure it was a good GDI engine.
It’s loud, rattly, unrefined. And oh yeah, it’s additionally been changed due to the entire Theta II engine recall factor. You do not forget that, proper? That point Hyundai needed to recall greater than 1,000,000 autos as a result of the engine liked to grenade itself? That’s not preferrred, to say the least.
However whereas that was a catastrophe for Hyundai’s earnings, is it actually sufficient to qualify it because the worst engine ever put in a automobile? Automobiles have been round for over 100 years at this level, and in that point, there certain have been loads of them. Certainly there are worse engines on the market that make Hyundai’s Theta II recall appear like youngster’s play.
That’s the place you are available. In your opinion, what automobile has the worst engine? You don’t should have owned it so as to reply, however when you assume you owned the automobile with the worst engine, please tell us all of the gory particulars down within the feedback.