What does the 1.6L 1.8L and 2.0L mean when it comes to cars?

How fuel efficient is VW passat, VW bora, and VW vento? Also are the parts readily available?

Dereformer:
What does the 1.6L 1.8L and 2.0L mean when it comes to cars?

How fuel efficient is VW passat, VW bora, and VW vento? Also are the parts readily available?

it is the is the volume swept by all the pistons inside the cylinders of car, in simple terms the more space you have in a cylinder the more air and petrol/diesel you can put in and the bigger the bang, the bigger the bang the more powerful is the stroke but its not that simple becoz of things like turbo, supercharge etc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine_displacement

as for efficient of the cars you asked we need to know the engine size of the cars becoz you cant not compare 1 litre engine and a 2 litre

remember that cars can have the same engine size (aka 1L 2L etc) but the effiecience differ from car to car and manufacturer, your driving habits and things like services on parts etc

Thanks alot ZIM DRILL.

I am negotiating for a VW Passat 1999 or 2000 model with a guy in Germany. He told me that there are ones with 2.0L 1.8L 1.6L. This is why I asked cause I don't understand what those specifications mean. Which do think is better? 2.0L or 1.8L or 1.6L.

Thanks once again.

Dereformer: Thanks alot ZIM DRILL.

I am negotiating for a VW Passat 1999 or 2000 model with a guy in Germany. He told me that there are ones with 2.0L 1.8L 1.6L. This is why I asked cause I don't understand what those specifications mean. Which do think is better? 2.0L or 1.8L or 1.6L.

Thanks once again.

i would suggest a 1.8l its in between 1.6 L & 2L but that depends with what are you looking for in car eg powerful engine or average

What I need is a very good engine that will serve my purpose of going to work and dropping my daughter off to school and nothing more. This will be my first car and I am really looking for something that will serve me within the neighborhood of N700,000.00