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Originally Posted by roastpuff

It's naturally aspirated so it's peaky, so very different driving characteristic to the turbo-4's that everyone seems to run these days - you're going to want to rev the V6 to get power whereas turbo-4s can sit at 2000RPM and move you off the line just fine with their low end torque in traffic.

This is surprising at how far the turbos have come; I have not personally driven a newer I4+turbo car. It wasn't so long ago where I would expect the descriptions of the two engine types flip-flopped from what you described there.

Very helpful additional insight supafamous & roastpuff, thanks.