Engines 1549 cc and below ?

I should have said petrol engines
Overnight I've thought of the Chrysler 1500 fitted to Arrow range and early Avenger. Then there is the Triumph 1500 from Spitfire / Midget & Dolomite.
It just seem a little strange the manufacturers make engines in most capacity sizes but 1500cc, and to some extent 1700cc, are ignored. On reflection even 1300cc now seems to be starting to become rare with 1200cc becoming more popular. Who would ever of thought that something like a Focus would be available with a 1.0 engine - or Golf platform vehicles with 1.2 yet have reasonable performance and economy.
Seems like the old saying "there ain't no substitute for cubic inches" is no longer strictly true !

What has started me thinking along these lines is I'm considering a pre 2001 Q reg kit car and wondering what options there are to replace a 1300 lump yet still stay within the lower VED band.

Paul H

Surely there's heaps of 1.5 litre engines? Am I missing something?

Honda Jazz 1.5 litre = 1496cc
Hyundai Excel/Accent = 1495cc
Daewoo Lanos/Kalos/Chevy Aveo = 1498cc
Mazda 121/Demio 1.5 litre
Nissan Pulsar 1.5 litre - The 1.5 litre engine was only really available on the square early '80s ones, at least in Australia.
Toyota Echo/Yaris 1.5 litre = 1497cc
Mitsubishi Mirage/Lancer 1.5 and hence the Proton Satria 1.5 = 1468cc

That's just a few off the top of my head, the exact cc displacements were sourced from Wikipedia.

Unless you are talking of a particularly light fuel efficient car already.

I've driven a couple of the twin cam Hyundai Accents and found that they go really well for a 1.5 litre engine! On paper, I think the quickest one should be a Honda Jazz, but they weren't out until 2001, so that may not be acceptable for your tax/rego purposes.

How about the Fiat 1.4 FIRE engine? you can get the 16v 100hp version from the panda 100hp?

The Zetec/Sigma 1.25 is a very keen little engine but probably not the most powerful out there

Vauxhall Corsa 1.5 TD (Isuzu engine), nippy enough if you tweak them up a bit.

I think I prefer the idea of a supercharger compared to a turbo. Three of my vehicles (Skoda Fabia, Smart Fortwo & Peugeot Expert 2.0 HDi) are turbo intercooled and I don't like the way the power is delivered.
With supercharger even a 1300cc will have more power than a 1500CC

Paul h

Yaris t-sport had a 1500cc engine, 105bhp, silly variable timing lark etc

Went well enough when you found the sweet spot, something of a struggle with the curse word gearbox they fitted, but you wouldn't be using that anyway...

G40 is 1272 cc ....with 113 horse as standard or as mine 159 with few little mods ...in a mk1 golf it's fuuuuun...