This has prompted many manufacturers to use more compact V6 designs or downsize to turbocharged four-cylinder engines. But, if the drivetrain configuration and engine bay allow, a straight-six is ...
The engine lineup consisted of the 170 cubic-inch inline six-cylinder that is the subject of our discussion today, and both 260 cubic-inch and 289 cubic-inch V8 engines. So, just to be clear here ...
Unusually, three different layouts of the six-cylinder engine remain in favour: the straight-six, the V6 and the flat-six. When it’s bad though... it can be a gritty, painful-on-the-ear misery.