Will the I-5 be dropped?

[Dave92270]

while H3 seems to be propelled adequately by the I-5, V8 would be nice to have. I drive usually with empty vehicle (no junk inside) and alone so I don't feel lack of horsepower much - actually H3 feels quite agile, but I can imagine that with 4 passengers and full cargo area of stuff performance would degrade proportionally. Ideally, I'd like to see V8 + 5 speed manual ...then I'll go to trade in.

If the cost of I-5 is significantly less then V8, then they may not drop it but possibly offer alongside the V8, as base/intro model option. If the manufacturing cost of engines would be somewhat comparable, they'll probably drop it. Just my guess.