1. That was fucking crazy!
2. Russia is awesome!
You are seriously misinformed.
and just to let you know, hp= Torque*rpm/5250, aka there are 2 ways to increase hp: Increase torque or raise the rev limit. Raising the rev limit is very expensive, and thus the cheapest way to get more power before forced induction was to increase torque, aka, add displacement. I love a honking V8 as much as anyone, but I think you're mixing up the N/A vs FI battle with the Displacement Vs Efficiency battle.
One more fun fact from my thermo exam: Efficiency of an engine is directly dependent on compression ratio. An F20c has 256 hp from 2.0L and an 11.1:1 compression ratio. I couldn't give two shits about displacement.