Ftao Harry/metro fans

[jamcg]

https://metro.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/

Online exhibition celebrating 40 years of the metro

[Beany]

Splumph

The Metro 9X 6 cylinder is entirely unknown to my eyes. Anyone got any more info on it, and the engine, than this article from the site has?

https://metro.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/ego-quoque/

[integrale_evo]

I’ve seen it before but I’d always assumed it was the 6 cylinder version of the e-series designed for the maxi, but obviously not if it’s still only 1300cc. Weird that they’d even bother when they already had a 1275 4 cylinder a-series

[mik]

Splumph

The Metro 9X 6 cylinder is entirely unknown to my eyes. Anyone got any more info on it, and the engine, than this article from the site has?

https://metro.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/ego-quoque/

A 1275cc 6-hooter seems a bit silly?

[Jobbo]

I have found some more on the 9X (which was Issigonis's alternative proposal for a Mini replacement, not the engine's name) and its engines at the usual resource: https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts-and ... ts-bmc-9x/

That refers to the 6-cyl engine variant being intended for the Austin 1100/1300 replacement. The Metro with it in is mentioned briefly. I have found a photo of the Metro with the bonnet up though:

[McSwede]

Burn the place to the ground Hateful little cars.

[integrale_evo]

Pretty decent cars for their time let down for the first 10 years by awful wheezy ancient engines ( unless you spend a ton of money on them ) and four speed gearbox.

And should have been killed off in 93/4 when the modern wave of superminis started to appear instead of the r100 facelift which made it a bit of a laughing stock.

[Rich B]

[mik]

A 1275cc 6-hooter seems a bit silly?

I have subsequently remembered the 6-cylinder Honda CBX..:

[ZedLeg]

There are a few 6cyl bike engines. Apparently Benelli did one at 750cc, which does seem a bit silly tbh.

[McSwede]

There are a few 6cyl bike engines. Apparently Benelli did one at 750cc, which does seem a bit silly tbh.

Any excuse to share 250cc Honda 6cyl and a 5cyl 125cc