单缸发动机的曲轴每转两周才能产生一次燃烧做功，这样它的声音听起来也不连续顺畅，听一听小排量摩托车的声音就知道了。不能让人接受的是它的运转极不平稳，转速波动较大，单缸发动机的外形也不适合装在汽车上。为此，汽车上已见不到单缸发动机上，两缸机也不好找了，3缸发动机。国内生产的华利面包车、老款夏利车、吉利豪情和奥拓、福莱尔上，装的都是3缸机。
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1升以下的微型车上多用3缸机，1升至2升的发动机一般采用4缸或5缸机。2升以上的发动机大多为6缸，4升以上的发动机使用8缸的占绝大多数。