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      Interesting! I l looked up the 4A designation and it shows a small motorcycle battery. According to the Advance Auto Parts site, the correct battery for the 2020 1.5Lt is the Group Size H5. Most of the online sites do not yet show a listing for this vehicle, and the ones that do show the A4, which is not a BCI number as far as I can find, and also not the correct battery for the car. I'm sure the A4 designation has some significance, but all else I've found shows the Group SIze H5. THe H5 appears to be a bit smaller than the Group 35 but very close. Same on specs.
      Here's a link: Advance Auto Parts - Down for Maintenance .

      That's the only listing they showed for the car. Still, a considerably larger battery than the 51R.
       
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      Interesting! I l looked up the 4A designation and it shows a small motorcycle battery. According to the Advance Auto Parts site, the correct battery for the 2020 1.5Lt is the Group Size H5. Most of the online sites do not yet show a listing for this vehicle, and the ones that do show the A4, which is not a BCI number as far as I can find, and also not the correct battery for the car. I'm sure the A4 designation has some significance, but all else I've found shows the Group SIze H5. THe H5 appears to be a bit smaller than the Group 35 but very close. Same on specs.
      Here's a link: Advance Auto Parts - Down for Maintenance .

      That's the only listing they showed for the car. Still, a considerably larger battery than the 51R.
      There is a group class in BCI = 4 Different alpha suffixes then sub classify the battery for a particular application. For example... Group 4 batteries appear in the BCI tables for both 6v and 12v variants.. and are differentiated by a different alpha character to the suffix. The "A" suffix is probably new and as such may not show up in many BCI tables posted on the internet yet... but that will change as the battery class proliferates in consumer vehicles and tables get updated.

      The key characteristic of Group 4 = classified for heavy duty use, historically for tractors. So.. I imagine the battery companies simply leveraged that core design and modified it from there for consumer motor vehicle use.

      Group 4 should perform better long term in an auto start/stop vehicle by virtue of it's heavy duty design, compared to the big H5s Honda quietly slipped into newer Hondas sporting the 1.5T in the last couple years. I like the H5 battery class a lot.. and have been very pleased having one as the stock battery in my wifes 2018 Accord with a 1.5T.

      I do think the Group 4s represent a better battery group for repetitive stop/start cycles of newer vehicles. The thing I do not know though is how a Group 4 battery will perform in terms of life expectancy if the owner always disables the auto start/stop feature each time they drive. Time will tell.
       
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      Interesting! I l looked up the 4A designation and it shows a small motorcycle battery. According to the Advance Auto Parts site, the correct battery for the 2020 1.5Lt is the Group Size H5. Most of the online sites do not yet show a listing for this vehicle, and the ones that do show the A4, which is not a BCI number as far as I can find, and also not the correct battery for the car. I'm sure the A4 designation has some significance, but all else I've found shows the Group SIze H5. THe H5 appears to be a bit smaller than the Group 35 but very close. Same on specs.
      Here's a link: Advance Auto Parts - Down for Maintenance .

      That's the only listing they showed for the car. Still, a considerably larger battery than the 51R.
      rockauto recomendation..... More Information for EXIDE MX51R
       
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