Inline and V engines dominate modern combustion vehicle design. Each layout offers unique advantages in packaging, smoothness, cost, and performance. Here is how the two configurations differ and why ...

For decades, the gold standard brand for a straight-six-cylinder-powered sport sedan has been BMW. But the gold standard doesn't necessarily mean being the only general game in town worth considering.

From Toyota's 22R-E to Volvo's legendary 'Redblock,' these engines showcase the strength and longevity of compact powerplants ...

As for Chrysler, they went to great lengths to avoid the V8 fad at first, ensuring their much-beloved straight-eight engines lasted past the end of the war, even into the very early 1950s. This is the ...

Engines with cylinders in different configurations have different power and torque characteristics, and these are two of the most common.

While the HEMI moniker is synonymous with legendary American V8 power, it was also used by the Chrysler Corporation in Australia for an iconic, high-performance inline-six that deserves to be ...

A straight-twin engine, also called an inline-twin or parallel-twin, is a two-cylinder setup where both cylinders sit side by side, upright, and share a single crankshaft. It's the simplest way to ...

The enthusiast world loves inline-six engines - engines with six cylinders in a row - and BMW is an example of an automaker with a long history of inline-sixers. As we'll see later, the format has its ...

When the motor car was in its infancy, engineers and designers experimented with all sorts of technologies and ideas to see which would work best. Through years of experimentation – and sometimes ...

While you'll commonly see inline-fours, V6s, or V8s today, a few oddball cars in the past have boasted V4 engines that allowed for unique designs.