Whether it is NA, Force Induction, there are reasons for putting different types of engines in different cars. Performance or ride comfort and applications are biggest reason I guess.
Generally, you want to pick a car depend on driving habit (majority on city or highway, stop & go, etc) and needs.
Especially with the high gas price these days, there's absolutely no reason to buy a SUV when you are driving alone or carry only 1 pessenger most of the time.
To combat high gas price and keep the maintanance low, I have an Odyssey, Mazda3 and Versa in our family (we need some stuff to write off for my parents' business); for city driving, going to work, I use the Versa because it is light and very flexible, thus saving a lot of gas even in stop and go traffic. Mazda3 is my toy, that doesn't count.  I only use the Odyssey when I have visitors and need to haul a lot of stuff. Out of the 3 cars, the Odyssey uses the most gas 15L/100KM. However, once on the highway, the Odyssey save a lot more gas caz the engine is powerful enough that it only requires little work to keep it at 100kph (higher RPM = more gas used). It deactivate 3 cylinders automatically at crusing speed and that keeps the consumption low. On the other hand, I have to push the pedel harder on the Versa to keep it up to 100kph. 3 different cars for various purposes. In no way I will drive my Odyssey in busy streets during peak hour.
Maybe my answer is irrevelent to the topic, I think cylinders are not so important when buying a car today.
Philip
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