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Old 10-11-2020, 07:47 PM   #35
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Originally Posted by Red-86 View Post
It’s all speculation, but I don’t really understand a move to NA 2.4. It’s over the key 2.0L displacement barrier where many regions of the world increase taxes and/or registration fees, so that sucks. Yet it isn’t likely to provide enough of a power bump to justify the extra cost of ownership for those buyers living in heavy taxing regions... including, and this is really important, Japan, the home market that is pretty important for sales.

We shall see what they do, I guess. I wonder when they will release official engine details? They’ve been quite coy about it.
Eh in Japan the difference between 2.0 and 2.4 isn't much.. just roughly $60 difference..

1.5-litres–2.0-litres ¥39,500
2.0-litres–2.5-litres ¥45,000
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