A thumping single on a dual purpose bike or an electric motor. Once you go electric, you never want to go back...

 

NA screaming v12 all day. Followed closely by a nice cammed v8

 

The folks who like flat 4, flat 6, Inline 3, Inline 5, and rotary are going to be dissapointed with the poll

 

V12 ( or W12 ). The only problem is that the V12 almost double the price compared to a good V8

 

No one likes an inline 5

 

i have a 2014 is 250, and no matter how much hate that engine garners, it is the smoothest and most refined v6 i have ever driven. in fact, it's the smoothest, most refined engine period that i have ever driven and thus, i vote v6 all the way.

 

you lack LS 400 in your life

 

Agreed, the only thing I can think of with inline 5 engines are some VW and Audi products, along with some crap transversely mounted FWD Volvos(850 maybe???), old *** and slow 240D Benzes, and the new Ford Transit van has a 5 cylinder turbo diesel option. 3 cylinder engines, lets hear it for fans of the Geo Metro and the new base model Ford Festiva!!!!

I will admit some oversight as there are some cool *** flat 4 and flat six engines out there. I really love the hopped up VW air cooled flat fours, as in you took something stock that made 50hp and now it makes 150hp and is still driveable and reliable, plus they sound cool

 

All IC recip for me. Hate Jets, turbine etc.

 

I thought of the 3-cylinder after making my previous post. My very next thought was that I want nothing to do with an Inline 3 that's not made by Triumph and mounted in a 2-wheeled chassis. Ironically theirs is about the same displacement (955-1050 cc) as the one in the Metro (1L), but makes almost three times as much power and has to carry around less than a quarter of the weight.

 

You must mean reciprocating engines. Turbine engines, including jets, are also internal combustion engines.

 

I dont know how they are today, but the Audi 2.3 inline 5 was a fantastic engine back in the 70 and 80´ties. At least compared to the 4 cyl crap every other Euro car had back then, but also compared to many boring V6 engines. I had both the N/A and the Turbo version and the sound and the driveability was outstanding. The turbo was also very easy to tune up to about 300 hp without any internal changes required.

 

Mine would have to be an i4, lol. All the Honda Vtec engines are fantastic, sr20det, ecoboost's, etc, etc

 

If the car is light enough & you like handling over brute torque, I like the Porsche watercooled flat -6. Especially after internal enlargement. More info here: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/car...estigated.html

 

Honda J series 3.0-3.5l is smoother and more refined then the 2.5 in the IS250 and does not have carbon deposit issues and is much more powerful.

I still vote V8 though, love my V8, when I test drove a new GS350 it felt lethargic and not very refined, felt like it was only making 270hp or so and not 311, nowhere near as smooth and effortless as even the 4.3 V8 in my GS. I might get a used LS460 instead just for the V8 power/torque after test driving the GS350. I would say V10 and V12 are up there but they are all unfortunately gas guzzlers and in mostly unreliable vehicles so they don't make for good long term daily driven ownership. I also like I6's and flat 6's, Honda J series is a excellent V6 especially for only being SOHC, only 4 cyl I like are Honda 4cylinders.