The inline-5 is, to some, an unsung hero of automotive tech. Here, we celebrate the best and boldest inline-5 engines and the ...

Five-cylinder engines occupy a strange sweet spot in automotive history, sitting between the balance of a straight-six and ...

Inline-six engines are thriving. From BMW and Mercedes to Mazda and Stellantis’ Hurricane, see which car companies still ...

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Here's how the modest inline-six has grown over time and been continuously developed by BMW to become one of the most ...

The first BMW inline-six engine climbed skyward into the shadow of war. By the late summer of 1917, conflict had clawed at Europe for half a decade. Escalations in air-to-air combat were shifting the ...

Cheaper to develop and easier to package, it once seemed the V6 would make inline-sixes obsolete. Mercedes seemingly abandoned straight-sixes in 1998 when it launched the first V6 in its history. But ...

There is a trend happening in the automotive industry lately — engines are losing cylinders. Partly due to downsizing and electrification, we are witnessing the demise of powertrains with more than ...

Our instrumented testing forecasts a strong chance of tears from Ram V-8 owners should they attempt to rip past even the ...