America's automotive history is dominated by the V8. It's what we're most famous for. You can probably hear Jeremy Clarkson saying "V8 motor," with his less-than-kind American accent imitation. In ...

The inline six (or straight six) engine has been a perennial staple of Japanese tuner culture since the 1980s, particularly with Toyota. The megacorporation's flagship sports car, the Supra, ...

On paper, a transverse inline-6 sounds ideal, combining the silky smoothness of a straight-6 with the packaging efficiency of a transversely mounted engine. In reality, it's an awkward packaging ...

Straight-6 engines earned their reputation for silky smoothness the traditional way — no overly complex balance shafts or exotic counterweights required, just six cylinders firing in perfect natural ...