Straight-eights were common from the '20s through World War II, but by the mid-'50s ... Tipo 8 is typically regarded as the first production car to use an inline 8-cylinder engine.

Chrysler is the American ... The reason for using an engine with a cocked angle was two-fold. First is the issue of packaging. A slanted inline engine has a lower overall installed height, meaning ...

Between the Chrysler Slant-6 and AMC Inline-6 straight-six-cylinder engines, the Slant-6 was the ... The first AMC 3.8-liter Inline-6 Typhoon roared to life in the 1964 AMC Rambler Classic.

Chrysler gave up its last inline-six 11 years ago when the 4.0-liter I-6 retired alongside the JK-series Jeep Wrangler. The engine format is back in vogue, and its reincarnations have received ...