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Originally Posted by SpoiledMan The VQ in this Nissan Murano I'm driving right now as a rental sure doesn't feel like it has gobs of torque. As a matter of fact, my Honda van seems like a racecar in comparison. It's a nice engine but I have *NEVER* heard pinging from any of my Honda cars no matter what kind of gas was in them. This thing pings regularly. I wont even mention the CVT tranny that's in it.  |
Well I hate to shrug it off as anecdotal evidence from a rental, but I am going to. It's just as likely you could have grabbed a Pilot rental and it would have been a pile of junk. I've yet to be in a rental that wasn't in some way horribly abused. Same applies to the crummy mpg. The VQ is pretty average in terms of mpg - my 280hp/270tq vq gets 22 mpg religiously, not bad I think - of course the murano weighs 500 lbs more, so 17 probably isn't too far off. The 3.5l VQ has produced as much as 280lb of torque as low as 4,000 rpm - for a 6cly with 3.5l of dispacement that can be found in cars as cheap as $22k, it's a pretty 'torque-y' engine. If you can find me a sedan in the 25, 30, and 35k segment with as much low end torque as nissan/infiniti offerings, I will give you a cookie.
I hate quoting mags, but 11 years in a row on Wards 10 best engines says something.
As for pinging, well do we really want to go there? We all have tons of anecdotal evidence of problems with cars. As much as I like Hondas they've had their share of problems too *cough* Accord/TL tranny *cough*.
Not trying to start an argument or anything. I like hondas, but I've yet to be in one that felt at all torque-y, it's not exactly something they're known for - sounds like you got a gem of an Odyssey.