the owner found it an easier fit in what was originally a four-cylinder car. The

Chevrolet’s new 300+ horsepower V6 Mustang and Camaro, you would think hot six-cylinder engines were a

Back in 1935, they had developed an experimental compact car with a four-cylinder engine and

power. For example, a 2.0-liter (122 cu. in.) turbocharged four-cylinder engine with 240

expensive, so most aluminum block engines instead relied on pressed-in steel or iron cylinder liners. (Engineers in

as the Model Q) debuted in June 1928, replacing the four-cylinder Chrysler 52. The

The smaller car featured a 1,573 cc (97 cu. in.) SOHC four-cylinder engine; an all

if the two-seater could be built cheaply with a fuel-efficient four-cylinder engine, it could

It had adequate power, but it was disturbingly noisy when revved and quite rough. Four-cylinder inline engines have

Volkswagen. The Porsche 914 used a mid-mounted, air-cooled engine; most were four-cylinder VW engines, but

of the alternatives. And let’s get real here: the typical four-cylinder compact is quicker

strand steel. The Tempest was powered by one of America’s few four-cylinder engines of

the Golf into a New Beetle, but that’s another story.) The four-cylinder Mk 3 Golf

series production of the Pininfarina-styled, 850 cc (52 cu. in.) four-cylinder “Ferrarina” and

ahead of the engine — a bulky arrangement even with a four-cylinder engine. As a

wanted for better volumetric efficiency. The eventual result was a prototype four-cylinder engine with dual

the Japanese minitrucks were essentially miniature versions of full-size trucks, powered by four-cylinder engines. They were

1949, George Mason had signed an agreement to supply England’s Donald Healey with engines and running

which, probably not coincidentally, is roughly the list price of today’s four-cylinder Honda Accord LX

a curb weight of only 2,100 lb (about 950 kg), a four-cylinder engine, and

Ford SAF to become the 1949 French Ford Vedette while Chrysler’s four-cylinder A-106

the wild horse, not the fighter plane — were created for the four-cylinder, mid-engine Mustang

Special sold fewer than 87,000 units for 1961, well below expectations. Pontiac’s four-cylinder “rope-drive” Tempest

647mm) wheelbase. From 1983 to 1986, it was available with a turbocharged four-cylinder engine, but by

with the introduction of a new low-price model, the four-cylinder Essex, in