(The regular Civic has a larger, more thirsty 1.7-liter engine.)

Beyond the wonderfully strong but very thirsty engine, it didn't feel all that sporty to me either.

Vic is well aware of the hollowness of his small victory, a huge thirsty 5.3-litre engine pitted against the Toyota's economical 1.8.

Bigger, yet less thirsty engines: the base V-6 grows to 3.6 liters and 290 horsepower.

Buying a vehicle that is powerful enough to handle the most severe loads imposes the full-time penalty of a big, thirsty engine.

Yet thanks to that Marmite styling and thirsty engine it is now a relative bargain: £40,000 for a minter, £25,000 for a good one.

The BRM crew were nervously pacing up and down in the pits, hoping the thirsty engine could go the distance without stopping.

The engine continued until 1989 in the HB Cosmo series but by that stage it had grown a reputation as a thirsty engine.

The 5.7-liter V8 has enough grunt to move the 5,867-pound truck around pretty well, though that thirsty engine feels more eager in a 4,865-pound Tahoe.

The first inhabitant, the caretaker of the pump and tank, kept the tank full of water for the thirsty engines with their long and lumbering trains.