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Turbocharged 1.3L three-cylinder engine
Wards Auto’s take: “We’ve dubbed it ‘the little engine that could.’ It elbowed its way onto our list through a combination of technology, tidy sizing and torquey response. Putting it over the top is an impressive output of 116 hp/L, outpacing its much bigger V8 brethren in the Corvette Stingray.”