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(Don’t) Fire Your Engines…
Ever feel like you weren’t firing on all cylinders? Now you can and you don’t need to feel bad about it.
Honda Motor Co., General Motors, and Chrysler are rolling out Cylinder Deactivation Systems to help drivers save on gas by increasing their MPG, while still getting the horsepower they originally wanted from their car or truck.
The ‘07 Impalas and the two-wheel drive Pilot SUV have Variable Cylinder Management - even the Odyssey minivan has had it since the ‘05 model year was introduced.
Just press a button and you can be driving on only 3, 4 or 6 cylinders. It’s pretty simple - when cylinders shut off, fuel consumption decreases. (And it has a Green affect by lowering carbon dioxide emissions as well.)
Drivers have been asking for a horsepower/gas savings solution for a long time. (GM tried a variable cylinder solution way back in the 80’s; it mis-misfired though)
The automakers seem to have answered this one perfectly.
