Since 1924, Mercedes-Benz has built its reputation on the refined character of its inline-6 engines. From the legendary M103 in the 300SL and the venerable M104 in the R129 SL, the straight-6 ...

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.

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 ...

As you might have heard from Matt Becker on the sidelines of the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, the chief engineer of Aston Martin is a big fan of the inline-six Mercedes-AMG shoehorns in the engine bay of ...

Yesterday at the Detroit Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz showed off two new straight-six-powered AMG models, the CLS53 and the E53. According to Ola Källenius, R&D chief at Mercedes, more straight-sixes are ...

Mercedes-Benz unveiled four new engines, including a gasoline-powered 3.0-liter inline-six, a diesel variant of the 3.0-liter inline-six, a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8, and a twin-turbocharged ...

Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts. The inline-6 is back at Mercedes-Benz. And ...

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