Inline and V engines dominate modern combustion vehicle design. Each layout offers unique advantages in packaging, smoothness, cost, and performance. Here is how the two configurations differ and why ...

Inline-fours offer smoother operation and reliability; three-cylinders are lighter and more efficient.

Most engines use common layouts like 4, 6, or 8 cylinders, but one number is almost never seen in production cars: seven. In ...

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.

We'll discuss 16-cylinder engine disadvantages, but there's no downside that can possibly overshadow this sound: That's the supercharged 1.5-liter BRM V16 Type 15, and its exhaust note is obviously ...

Every car engine has quite a few details, ranging from cylinder count to compression ratios. How does changing the compression ratio affect the engine?

"Here comes the Porsche 3.0-liter inline-four," you might be saying to yourself. Sure, it'll be on this list, but Porsche's uber-four is a weed-whacker engine compared to the ultimate ...