Why do they still make pushrod engines?

[geno]

Anyone? Is there any advantage to this besides having no timing belt? I figured OHC was smoother and more high revving - but does anyone have any clues as to why they still make pushrod engines?

 

Economics

 

[geno]

Call me dense - but could you elaborate?

 

[Monel Funkawitz]

Cheaper to manufacture.
Quieter.
More parts they can charge you big bucks for.
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[Pepsi90919]

ok, dense. they're cheaper to make

 

[geno]

Pepsi:

I always thought that pushrods had been phased out a while back, but I just read about two engines in production that still have them - it just caught me off guard