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==Vehicle Engines==
The vehicles available to X-Com are combat orientated. Weapons and devices will help in a fight but a powerful and reliable engine will be the decider in manuovering to attack and effective evasion or escape.
* Two styles of engines: '''Road''' or '''Air'''.
* Any size of engine can be placed into a suitable vehicle. The larger the vehicle's engine-bay slot, the more choices available.
* Fuel, '''Fusion Powerfuel''', is common for both types.
* Fuel capacity of any engine style, road or air, is very generous.
* An engine's Top Speed rating is unaffected negatively by vehicle size or weight.
* Top speed may increase with small and very light air vehicles.
* Fuel consumption rate will depend on vehicle weight. 
* Acceleration will depend on matching the best engine to the vehicle chassis, and keeping the overall weight down to be as light as possible.
* The best possible acceleration of an airbourne vehicle will allow quicker evasive actions and higher survivability in intense fights.
* Top Speed of road vehicles is more important than acceleration.

===Acceleration===
* Maximum = 10.
* Minimum = 1.
 Acceleration = Engine Power &divide; Vehicle Weight

===Air Engines===
All airbourne craft engines are made by [[Superdynamics]], '''SD''', with six styles available on the market:
* [[SD Standard (Apocalypse)|SD Standard]]
: An engine used for the [[Hoverbike (Apocalypse)|Hoverbike]].
* [[SD Deluxe (Apocalypse)|SD Deluxe]]
: Not used on any buyable air vehicle.
* [[SD Sports (Apocalypse)|SD Sports]]
: An engine used for the [[Phoenix Hovercar (Apocalypse)|Phoenix Hovercar]].
* [[SD Turbo (Apocalypse)|SD Turbo]]
: An engine used for the [[Valkyrie Interceptor (Apocalypse)|Valkyrie Interceptor]].
*[[SD Elite (Apocalypse)|SD Elite]]
: An engine used for the [[Hawk Air Warrior (Apocalypse)|Hawk Air Warrior]].
* [[SD Special (Apocalypse)|SD Special]]
: Not used on any buyable air vehicle.

===Road Engines===
Most road-based vehicle engines are made by [[General Metro]], '''Metro''', with four styles available on the market<br>
The most powerful road engine is manufactured by [[Marsec]] but is still keeps the ''Metro'' name.
* [[Metro Roadhog (Apocalypse)|Metro Roadhog]]
: An engine used for the [[Blazer Turbo Bike (Apocalypse)|Blazer Turbo Bike]].
* [[Metro Roadgrav (Apocalypse)|Metro Roadgrav]]
: An engine used for the [[Stormdog (Apocalypse)|Stormdog]].
* [[Metro Turbograv (Apocalypse)|Metro Turbograv]]
: Not used on any buyable road vehicle.
* [[Metro Powergrav (Apocalypse)|Metro Powergrav]]
: An engine used for the [[Wolfhound APC (Apocalypse)|Wolfhound APC]].
* [[Metro Multipower Plus (Apocalypse)|Metro Multipower Plus]]
: An engine by Marsec used for the [[Griffon AFV (Apocalypse)|Griffon AFV]].

===No Engine===
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All [[X-COM Hybrid Aircraft (Apocalypse)|hybrid craft]] built by X-Com have an [[Alien Propulsion System (Apocalypse)|alien propulsion system]] instead of a typical engine.
* Hybrids do not use fuel.
* Hybrid craft can remain airbourne forever, if not needing weapon reloads or repairs.


==See Also==
* [[Vehicles (Apocalypse)|Vehicles]]
* [[Vehicle Weapons (Apocalypse)|Vehicle Weapons]]
* [[Vehicle Equipment  (Apocalypse)|Vehicle Equipment]]


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