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Originally Posted by fatoni
A. The top of the engine isn't very heavy for non boxer engines. B. They lowered the engine compared to their symmetrical awd cars where there was drive train going under the engine to the front wheels. Compared to more typical engine designs, the engine isn't very low. I'd rather have the top of the engine (aluminum head) high rather than the bottom of the engine (heavy crank) higher.
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Show me a car with an inline 4, longitudinally mounted, that has a lower hood than the twins while passing current pedestrian safety standards.
The roofline drives the CG much more than a fraction of an inch lower engine CG. And that's driven my the hood height. It drives down the whole car.
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