13 Of The Coolest 3 Cylinder Cars Ever
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Autozam AZ-1
Honda BEAT
Suzuki CUPPUCCINO
Those three kei sports cars were called "ABC-trio".
The go to cars when you were racing in the kei class in Gran Turismo.
I tend to identify as a "car guy" or "petrolhead" as you may deem. But being in the U.S. I appreciate seeing these fun, funky, quirky automobiles that are brought out on the VisioRacer channel. Many of these are ones of pure myth and legend for me. This keeps me coming back to this channel. Keep up the good work. I, and many others, appreciate your productions.
My daihatsu is a 1.3 inline 3
0 to 100 In about 2 years...
BOOST it
We had a 998cc Chirade, I don't think it got to 100kph ever
Everything depends from the seal between steering whell and a seat..
At least you can hit 100km/h...
poops! The 1.3 was a 4 cylinder. The three was 900 cc. it wasn't quick, but it ran forever since it was originally designed as a diesel and converted to gas so the crankshaft looked like it came out of a big block.
Your narration is really good now good job man
Thomaso Yeomans it’s always been good lol
Thomaso Yeomans you just get used to his voice
PaperShark9521 it hasn’t 😂
Oh, I remember the Mazda Furai 10 years ago seen on wallpaper from teenagers magazine and it looked very futuristic at that time. Couldnt even believe that it is so amazing and even works as racecar, not prototype or show model
Visio, you never fail to deliver. Very interesting content and nice list... Kei-cars and Small japanese hoonmobiles are a long time favourite for me... since the Day a buddy of mine turned up in a gtti pushed to 150 hp or so. Straight-piped and heavy turbo Sound. Loved it. Dont know how many gti and gsi divers we trolled with this thing... Was a shitload of fun. Nobody knew what it was here in germany, so it was a complete Underdog car.
In my opinion..only Cappuccino, AZ-1 and Beat produce a godly sound from 3cyl...i mean..look at how high its rev and hear the engine noise. Too bad they didn't make such car anymore.
TunersGTR the mazda furai was fucking awesome
krezo it's a rotary engine
Alex's Collection yeah...i know..since they're basically Go Karts..and need real skill to drive those car
The legend says you know those cars from a Gran Turismo 4 or other Gran Turismo
Filip iacobfilipiacob yes, that is true...i played GT from 2 until 6, and i watched Hot version International, where they feature AZ1 and Cappuccino on Touge
8:16 Danish Racetrack "Jyllandsringen". My arch enemy. 1st race, crash, 3 month sick. 2nd race, did not qualify due to engine problems, 3rd race, crash, highsided comming onto the small straight at 8:16 in the wets.....I don't think I'll ever finish a race there....
I think that three cylinder engines are awesome! They used to be unique in the past and only appeared in small cars form japan or as two-stroke engines (Wartburg, Saab) Nowadays, they are becoming increasingly popular and also with turbo. They sound (stationary) a bit rough and cracking sometimes al little. Unfortunately, there are also the new three cylinders that sound like a vacuum cleaner (like the BMW i8). But, it is a great engine with a great sound!😉🖒
Ilias Lamari some 3 banger diesels sounds like old Perkins diesel tracktor engines
I have a Mirage 1.2 engine that sounds like it's fueled by gasoline and misanthropy. It's such an angry note. Can't help but love it.
Old Volvo BM tractors also often had 3-cyl. Diesel engines. I think there are others as well, such as Porsche.
many new 3 cylinders appears during the last years like the 1.0L Ford Ecoboost (125-140hp), the 1.2L Puretech from PSA (Peugeot/Citroën, 82, 110 and 130hp) and the 1.2L from Renault/Smart 90, 100hp... all are supercharged by turbocompressor (exept the 82hp PSA).
Its only matter of muffled exhaust if you swap it for nonmuffled one with high flow catylitic converter and it will sound amazing
My 97 suzuki swift 1.0 3 cylinder was my first car. 3 cylinder she sounded great.
Sad to see no Geo Metro on here considering how fuel prices made them popular but I guess it's not considered cool.
Isn't Subaru Justy of the same Suzuki Swift mold, just 4WD?
Anthony Suarez that's the MG metro, completely different car
Decoldrick your Geo Metro is on the list,sort of,its called Subaru justy,witch is identical brother of Suzuki swift..actually all your Geo cars is a Suzuki in rest of the world..
The Justy and Metro/Swift are completely different cars... I'm sad this list didn't include the turbocharged Metro from the late 80's/early 90's.
Not gonna lie, first car I ever heard about that had a 3 cylinder
"...coolest 3 cylinder cars" *shows a 3-rotor wankel engine*
GALVY 88 THAT FINNISH CAR GUY FROM SALO It is technically
Yes, i know
Ellenor Malik no, it is not.
its not a cylinder, cylinders dont look like that
Still counts I guess so...
In North America we often call 3 cylinder engines.... sewing machines.
I think that three rotor wins the exhaust comp!
Homebrew Subaru yeah exactly all you Americans are so overly obsessed with your crappy iron block v8s, little do you know that even the Europeans are doing them better than you.
Unco Casey not all of us like v8s lol
Little do you know, I'm not American and prefer 4 cylinders.
Unco Casey
...Crappy iron block Gas V8's that produce way more torque than any European gas engine.
Unco Casey yea our crappy engines that are reliable easy to maintain smooth running quiet not to mention simple and you can pull a hell of a lot more power out of it for a lot less money than any European v8
I see Charade, I smash like :D
Ok to be fair, this video has just about every 3 cylinder car I love and they're just all so cool and amazing and UGH TOO MUCH FAPPAGE
And your narration abilities are getting really good now :D
The Charade is the ultimate cheap fun car. Barely costs more than a big TV, but you can kick it for years :D
I really want an autozam!
same but to import it into my country it is soooo expensive like rm160k which is around 40k usd
yeah its like 20k aud
I hear its cheaper in Canada, and I'm glad because I live in Canada, and I want one of the autozams so badly!
+Owiko7 always thought about moving to canada
Also, its 15 years instead of 25 in the US for importing cars here.
Charade GTti! My little love :P
szafirowy01 I want one now 😂
I'd love to see(and hear) an inline 7 cylinder engine since odd cylinder engines like i5s and i3s make brilliant sounds.
i5s comes up with a major 3rds and i3s comes up with 5ths so honestly you would hear a major triad coming out from it which makes it really musical :)
actually you would hear a higher tone of like a 6 cylinder engine but a low v8 rumble and a little of v10 sound if that make sense
Who else thinks Visio deserves way more subs, i really love the in depth research. Keep up the good work!
This Channel is the living example of "don't judge a book by its cover". I'd always skip to watch any of Visio Racer videos by it's logo, the "fast & furious" intro and the rap/hip-hop music of the intro... but the content is too far away for being "da' hood" style I don't like. The videos contents a lot of data, info and nice and great visuals that keeps you hanged and asking for more; and shows great cars that even "da hood style" doesn't know, in fact, nothing of your videos has this "fast & furious" style, only pure, classic, rare, elegant and original rides!. CONGRATULATIOS VISIO RACER!!! for give me a huge punch in my prejudice, show me great and fun content, and shows class and great info! Greetings from Venezuela!
Usually we only associate a person of visioracer's content to be having a eurodance/metal intro music instead of hip hop lol. Greetings from india fellow petrolhead
I had an Auto-Union 1000SP, with a 1000 cc 2-stroke 3-cylinder engine. I rebuilt the ball bearing crankshaft, tuned and polished the ports, made a new intake manifold for a triple carburetor set from a Saab Monte Carlo and added 3 separate tuned expansion exhausts with stingers, It revved easily close to 10000 rpm, and since the car was very light, only around 1700 lbs, it ran (and sounded) like a banshee. I left several Porsches in the dust on the freeway. They never knew what outran them....
Up 1.0 3cil GTI
Gonzalo Parisi yup, its like a germany kei car, and the fuel usage is very low
Up... I mean your comment
In Brazil, even the regular turbocharged version is considered by many as sports car. We don't have the GTI.
the daihatsu sounds freaking awesome
You should add Honda s660!!!
And Daihatsu Copen too.
4 cylinders
Most of these are just plain cute if you ask me. These look fun to drive as well as it has a big giggle factor
Ohh the giggle factor gets way better when you see them ripping ass in the track. The first time I saw a Cappuccino was on a track day in a medium sized track, there were 2 cars that could keep up with it around the corners (CRX SiR souped and turbo'd and of all things an '81 Bluebird SSS with a NEO swap).
those 3 cylinder engines sound great! The exhaust note reminds me of a V6.
I had a '66 SAAB 96 in grad school in Denver in the 70's. I got used to it being the slowest car on the streets in the dry, but add snow and ice and it was about the quickest.
Hey man :)
So i've been watching your videos for i think about two years now. My first one was the first ever video you made i think, because i went to your channel and you had nothing on. Cars that exist thanks to motorsport i think it was. I have to say, I've actually watched every single video you've put out since then. It's been amaizing to see you progress in your editing and narrating, and also that you still keep your passion for making these kinds of videos. I love your work, i love cars and i think, for my taste, you have the best informative videos in this section. I've learned quite a few new things thanks to you, so please man, keep on doing what you do, and keep this passion train rolling. I'm always happy to see a new one come out :D
Best regards, with engineering love
Luka from Slovenia
Glad to hear that, thanks!
The Kei ABC cars were the best ones to be ever made
A being the Mazda AZ-1
B being the Honda Beat
C being the Suzuki Cappuccino
Your English just keeps getting better with each video..........don't let your language let you down......ps I've been a fan since the start.. keep the great work up!!!
i had a fwd 5 speed 1.2l subaru justy and i loved it ... goofy little rollerskate of a car but a blast to drive and near impossible for many other cars to keep up with in corners
That Suzuki's horn... im dying... lol and a funny name goes with the funny horn!
Why do some two-smokers sound like a damm Geiger counter on Chernobyl?
Probably burning fuel in the exhaust or vacuum created in the cylinder. There are many things that give 2strokes their characteristic sound.
1) Lesser expansion ratio - exhaust starts at slightly higher pressure - sounds rougher.
2) They're usualy fed with carburators, which tend to produce less stable mixture - this causes variation of stroke pitch.
3) A bit of unburnt fuel mixture is always thrown out from exhaust ports at the beginning of compression stroke. Those fuel ignites chaotically in muffler - causes a kind of shots on idle when flow is not fast enough to throw it away.
4) If damn moscowian maniacs blowed reactor in attempt to extinguish your nation, you wouldn't have joked that way! (not sure whether i built sentence right).
Or in the case of some of these old commie sleds they might have been built with parts from Chernobyl haha
Hey @VisioRacer, could you do a clip about the longest in production engines? I'm thinking of the Renault Cléon, Ford Kent, 911 aircooled flat six, ...
I'm glad you didn't miss out the smart roadster, I have two!
i had one too. I miss it now
The Innocenti DeTomaso was mounted with the Dahiatsu CB engine, the CB23 with one ''twin-body'' carburetor and 6 valve that produce between 50 and 55hp, the CB60 with a bigger single carburetor/Turbo IHI/6 valve and unfortunatelly there isn't the CB80 turbo 12 valve ie from the Charade
So much awesome in one video. Triple engines will always be cooler than 4-pots.
VisioCars, thanks for the video work, you're straight to the point, easy on the ears, an excellent narrators, and you've introduced me to a few new favorite engines.
In this video I think the Melkus RS1000 and Saab 96 my favorite inline 3 bangers.
I think they could use a few adjustments, like Schnürle porting, air-assisted direct fuel injection, plasma ignition, multifuel engine design, sequential turbocharging, rotary valve to control intake and transfer ports, compound turbocharger to replace the bigger single turbo in a sequential turbo setup, etc.. to revive them and allow them to pass emissions standards
I miss the Furai..
I want pretty much every car on this list. They all sound badass, despite the low power outputs. They're all adorable, and sound great.
nice video with lot of information. seriously you deserve more subscribers
10:35 revving a cold engine to 9000rpm.. oh the idiots in this world..
I hope for that car's sake that the gauge is dead
As soon as I saw that, I went scrolling through the comments hoping someone else caught it. Glad I'm not alone.
Who cares if it can "take" it.
Let the engine warm up.
Alcatraz Aronsson
Yep, not just the engine, the turbo will suffer too from forcing cold oil into it.
While it's not ideal to rev up a cold motor these tiny three cylinder motors do not actually warm up being stationary in cold climates.
My grandfather had a dkw. They didn’t only sound great, but smell great too. I love 2 stroke engines
9:52 that Czech Justy's tow hitch is friggin obscene. Great video btw wicked interesting.
These cars sound faster than they are
But it's much more fun to drive a slow car fast, than to drive a fast car slow. The sound just adds to the experience. :-)
Not all of them
Jay S...those cars are called "All show, No go".....
I can attest, the AZ-1 is quick. It is certainly not fast.
It is, however, incredibly fun and it would be hard to separate me from my wheeled lunchbox of doom!
I have an AZ-1. It's fun to to drive and sounds great.
SAAB Sonett II. Fiberglas body, two-seat layout, it was the Swedish Corvette! The name SONETT came from the exclamation when the styling buck for the original version was unveiled: "Sa net den ar! (That is so neat!)" The 841 cc two-stroke three cylinder also powered the 96, and both were successful in rally competition, as was the DKW 3=6 and its successor models.
When Studebaker was still making pickup trucks, they offered a diesel variant. They used a 3-53 Detroit Diesel in many of them.
I would like to suggest you another interesting 3-cylinder car: Innocenti Mini Turbo De Tomaso. Built in the '80s, It has the same engine as the Daihatsu Charade (1.0l turbo), but it weighted much less because It was much smaller, like the original Mini, produced in Italy by Innocenti. It also got the style from Marcello Gandini (the same man who designed the Lamborghini Miura) and the factory was controller by De Tomaso (famous for having sold the glorious Pantera).
The Justy is on the list! Whoop whoop! I learned to drive with one of those. Unbeatable in the swiss winter and a giggle machine in its own right.
you come up with some really interesting videos, often showing me things i never heard of. Keep it up :)
Nothing better than the sound of a high revving 2 stroke
Great video, keep up the good work. Greetings from Perth, Western Australia
I loved the little three cylinder race cars, those look like fun at a cheap price.
I love this channel. Great topics. Great information. Great narration.
Keep it going !
The Furai is clearly not a 3 cylinder engine, but other then that, great job. I miss my Justy! It rotted out
I had a Citroën C1, and I modded it with a little turbo and a nice exhaust. Trust me, the 1KR-Fe sounds like a half-Porsche 😂
Love my little 1.0T Fiesta, nippy little car for a 3 Cylinder!
I gotta say, your videos have come a long way since you started narrating instead of just text. Also that DKW sounded awesome!
EcoBoost can do 160hp with only remap (even the 100hp variant)
I had a GEO Metro(Suzuki Sprinter) with the 1.0L 3 Cylinder great on fuel mileage with 45mpg@70mph on interstates. Been enjoying your videos for a while now, keep up the great work.
Matt K great! I still have a Geo Metro, great milleage you get from that tiny engine
“What engine does your car have?”
“A quarter v12”
The redline on the Daihatsu is nuts! 7000+ crazy
these undoubtedly sound much better than 4 cylinder engines
Love your vids Visio!!!
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, VISIO PINNED MY COMMENT
Don't seems pinned
Oops, my bad
Thanks for using my Cappuccino video clip :)
3 Cylinder engines are awesome,especially if their turbocharged.I had the privilege of driving an Eco-boost 1,0 turbo ford fiesta.It just entices you to push it to the rev limiter.And the noise from the 3 Cylinder engine is just awesome.
Wish Mazda could've build a production version of that Furai
From 1974-2000 i carried a set of Saab triple carbs for the two stroke. Never could give them away. And the free wheeling differential was cool. Goliath made a 3 cyl, two stroke, fuel injected engine, c.1960
Nice one, maybe do coolest 2 bangers or even single cylinders next.
VisioRacer My god your teacher must have wonderful visions... the synergy doesnt just look like a race car, its like if a bac mono banged a go kart, consider that a major compliment
the cappuccino was also sold in the neatherlands, and the new 1.5 i3 from the fiesta st is making 200 hp, gotta love the justy
12:15 yes! I was waiting for the roadster!
The Charade is a f.cking beast! Not only this turbocharged 3 cylinder one, but the naturally aspirated 1.3 one also kicks ass. Mostly if you consider that the whole car was less than 800kg.
And the DKW sounds just like a Wartburg (I mean, no wonder, 2 stroke, 3 cylinder, same)
Hey, did see one of your earlier videos, where you were in Denmark, but i did not know you studied here, where and what did you study? :-D
deude i love your channel verry cool !!! are there any 3 cyl. cars in the USA i dont here of any ???
Raymond J In USA they have the Geo/Chevrolet Metro with the G10 engine (using TBI). Canada had the Pontiac Firefly (same Geo Metro) using a G10t (multipoint EFI)
I absolutely pissed my self laughing when the zam didn't break traction in the wet !!!!
my first car was a 3-cylinder, suzuki swift GLS 2001 - 0.993L bread box engine! an i loved it - no abs no power steering no silly eco engine management getting in the way - i floored it an it went, stopped fast an drove like a go-kart. not to mention parking was sooooo easy an it was good on the fuel. i now have an estate ECOTech...... Curse you Necessity!!!!!
Thank you for this video! Absolutely great!
Thanks for putting a spotlight on these under exposed little 3cyl. engines !
They don't get the credit that they deserve !
Was such a sad thing to lose the Mazda Furia !
Maybe someday it will be revisited by Mazda !
That guy at 10:35 pushing the cold engine to its limits...genius...
BMW i8: three cylinders
Audi R8: V10
Logic
Just started the video but I suppose you forgot the Honda S660. :]
But you've mentioned the Honda Beat, great!
the Synergy looks really cool. also the saab's you mentioned after here in Sweden we affectionately refer to them as rally cucumbers.
Don't forget the pontiac fire fly, geo metro, ford fiesta , and chevy sprint turbo ,we raced one with a stage 2 crank and cams , with a 3 1/2 " straight pipe,and 13psi boost, doing 11 and 12's in 1/4 mile...
Adding to the Mazda Furai: It essentially was a Courage C65 LMP racecar with a new bodyshell, teams actually ran that chassis- engine combination in the American Le Mans Series. So while looking astonishing, it could have potentially lapped Le Mans at LMP2-like speeds
AccAkut1987 but it still have the spirit of the 787b
Another great video!. Just sad to see no Geo Metro on the list. They were kind of a joke back in the day but have kinda gained a sorta "retro cool" status in recent years 🤓
8:16 that looks like a blast to drive! do you think you could contact your teacher and do an interview with him about it?
VisioRacer, did you ever have the opportunity to drive one of those Aquila Synergy?
7:16 the irony of those "slow" marks.
Awesome videos buddy!!!
The Elio will be the next newest 3 cylinder vehicle to come out... if it ever does come out. I've been waiting years for it!
You need to update the list with a GR yaris
Mean sounding things most 3 cyl..
Never expected the Justy to make it to the list.. currently converting a carbed one to custom MPFI and Turbo..
Rodrigo Martinelli interesante conversión. Yo estaría feliz si pudiera convertir a inyección mi Geo Metro. Era originalmente TBI, pero algún dueño anterior lo convirtió a carburador
😍 the furai sound reminds me of the good ol times of F1
That moment when visioracer must have seen your comment about the 1KR-FE 3 banger on his best Toyota engines video. So he made a 3 banger video. Yes!!!!!! hahahaha
so im guessing they can rev so high because of the balanced secondary forces and low displacement?
I really loved my '97 Triumph Trophy 900 inline 3
I'm a simple man, I see an AZ-1 I drop a like
For me the most interesting 3 cylinder car was SYRENA designed in Poland in the fifties, primarily a wooden frame with a fire water pump 3 cylinder engine. Incredibly successful project. This construction was later copied and improved by Swedish SAAB and made to even better and more successful product.
Oddly enough the US market actually gets the 3 cylinder ecoboost in the Fiesta as an option (the 1.6L 4 cylinder is standard), was probably the most fun to drive of the non-ST Fiestas, and for the US market was offered with a manual transmission only. Sadly the Fiesta is going away from the US, Ford isn't bringing the next generation of it to the US market (which is a shame because the Fiesta ST was a more fun to drive car than even the Focus ST). 3 Cylinder bikes sound absolutely amazing, just listen to a Triumph or Yamaha FZ-09 (or Tracer 900) with a nice aftermarket exhaust on it.
I want the AZ-1 Mazdaspeed and the Smart Roadster Brabus SO goddamn bad. There are only a few full size cars I´d pass over for these two fun-size meme machines.
It's cool you had a teacher that designed and built his own car.