Five-cylinder engines occupy a strange sweet spot in automotive history, sitting between the balance of a straight-six and the compact packaging of a four-cylinder. They have powered everything from ...

While you might already be familiar with the classic V8 engine, there were actually inline-eight engines once upon a time too ...

Still, the inline-5's beginnings weren't about performance. Mercedes-Benz launched the first inline-5 engine in 1974 out of necessity — not to draw enthusiasts in its showrooms. Adding a cylinder to ...

Silky smooth and impressively powerful, inline-six engines, with all cylinders in a single row, are praised by drivers for their sophisticated performance and distinctive engine note. As a result, ...

An internal combustion engine is a precise mechanism that works appropriately under stringent conditions, requiring minute and accurate calculations to make it operational. Timing is the keystone of ...

Over here at HOT ROD we love a crazy idea, so when we saw a guy, Ken Hutchison, on social media starting to figure out how to slice and dice an LS head to work on a 300-inch straight-six Ford engine ...

In the new big-boy Wagoneer Ls, this 3.0-liter inline-six, dubbed "Hurricane," has its work cut out: The huge SUVs weigh nearly four tons, and are expected to tow up to 10,000 pounds, too. Powerful ...

The five-cylinder engine is uncommon relative to the ubiquitous four-cylinder, six-cylinder, or eight-cylinder variants. As an odd-number engine, it certainly is in a class of just three such engines.

To the uninitiated, inline-5 is just another engine configuration. To the faithful, however, it's religion. Its warbling, off-beat sound is as charismatic as anything in the automotive world. But it's ...