Bigger is better, right? Well, maybe not always. Here are 10 cars powered by small-capacity, in-line six-cylinder engines.

Most normal cars with less than eight cylinders nowadays use inline engines, but some also use boxer engines. What's the difference? Is one better?

Though automakers like Stellantis, Mazda, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz are keeping a few straight-six engines alive in 2025, there are currently just two straight-six diesel powerplants left on the market.

When the motor car was in its infancy, engineers and designers experimented with all sorts of technologies and ideas to see which would work best. Through years of experimentation – and sometimes ...

The inline-6 engine layout has its fans in the gas world, but it's the de facto standard design among diesel aficionados. Hardly surprising, as these engines are less complex than any V layout and ...

Oh, Pontiac, your death in 2009 was a bitter pill, as memories of big block Trans Ams and GTOs flooded forth with the tears. Not that Pontiac's end was hard to see coming; the brand had been ...

For decades, the gold standard brand for a straight-six-cylinder-powered sport sedan has been BMW. But the gold standard doesn't necessarily mean being the only general game in town worth considering.

All six cylinder engines are the same, right? As it turns out, cylinder layout matters more than you might have thought. V6 vs inline 6, which is the superior layout? Most car fans have their favorite ...

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 ...

Euro 7 won’t kill BMW V8 or straight-six, but stricter emissions could mean less performance ...

The enthusiast world loves inline-six engines - engines with six cylinders in a row - and BMW is an example of an automaker with a long history of inline-sixers. As we'll see later, the format has its ...