Remember when Aston Martin used to offer a straight-six? The year was 1999 when the DB7 V12 Vantage doubled the number of cylinders, and just like that, the 3.2-liter supercharged engine was history.

How engine downsizing saved the inline six-cylinder, and why companies like Mercedes are switching from V6 to Inline 6 cylinder engines. Inline six cylinders have many advantages over a V6 engine. The ...

Mercedes will launch a new AMG designation in its redesigned CLS going on sale next year. The new Mercedes-AMG CLS53 is expected to be the first in a new line of AMG 53 models. It likely will be ...

The Lagonda Straight-6 is one of the most celebrated six-cylinder engines in the world. Used by Aston Martin for plenty of decades ever since the days of the DB2, the long-lived powerplant was dropped ...

Just a couple of decades ago, silky-smooth inline-sixes purred under the hoods of our cars, and the world was a great place because of it. But those glory days are over, and package-friendly, boring ...

Once upon a time, the straight six was a dominant engine design. Jaguar put them in its best cars, Jeep built its late 20th century reputation upon them, and almost every humdrum family car or pickup ...

Mercedes-Benz V-6 engines are not long for this world, but it's not all bad news. Ola Källenius, head of Mercedes research and development, did confirm the brand will phase out V-6 engine, but it ...

Thanks again, China! The "billions served" market taxes engines on a per-liter basis in half-liter increments, so manufacturers mapping out new engine families are heavily incentivized to bore and ...

In the push for more efficient engines, the world is moving to downsize and turbocharge everything at the moment - even the Ford Mustang is available with an EcoBoost motor. In spite of the downsizing ...