# Why are there no modern 2-stroke cars?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 24, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-modern-2-stroke-cars/600683 "2011-10-24T22:14:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![zwede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ac91a4/32.png) [@zwede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwede)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-modern-2-stroke-cars/600683/21 "2011-10-25T22:49:52Z")

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Have to say though that the sound of a hot rodded 2-stroke Saab 96 is pretty cool:

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkkyg3-R_hM)

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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-modern-2-stroke-cars/600683/22 "2011-10-26T00:00:31Z")

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> [@zwede](#):
>
> Have to say though that the sound of a hot rodded 2-stroke Saab 96 is pretty cool:
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> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkkyg3-R\_hM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkkyg3-R_hM)

Oh HELL no. that’s worse than a rotary engine with a fart-can muffler.

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