Before Hudson was folded into American Motors, it had developed its own eight-cylinder engine. Yet for years, it stuck with ...

Known for its use in Jeep SUVs, the 4.0 was available from 1987 to 2006, eventually being phased out for the Chrysler ...

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 ...

BMW and inline engines, specifically, its six-cylinder straights, have quite a reputation within the automotive sphere. While BMW didn't invent the first straight-six engine, its take on the ...

Discussing which engine is better between a straight-six and a V8 is something that feels like a plotline from The Fast and the Furious, if the franchise actually cared about cars. It’s “import versus ...

The inline-6 engine layout has its fans in the gas world, but it's the de facto standard design among diesel aficionados. Hardly surprising, as these engines are less complex than any V layout and ...

The BMW N54 engine is one of those rare modern powerplants that arrived with a bang and never really stopped making noise. The N54 motor debuted with a mission: to combine BMW's traditional inline-six ...

The inline-six is enjoying a massive second act, and it's time we started paying attention. After all, inline-6 engines are much smoother than V6 and inline-4 engines and are even more balanced than ...