Five-cylinder engines occupy a strange sweet spot in automotive history, sitting between the balance of a straight-six and the compact packaging of a four-cylinder. They have powered everything from ...

Before the inline-four became the go-to default engine and the V6 was compact enough to fit into small engine bays, the four-wheeled automotive world saw the V4 as a brilliant compromise. It was ...

As the last remaining carmaker to still offer a five-cylinder engine, Audi is preparing a glorious funeral for the odd-numbered but inherently cool powertrain, as new emission laws will put the final ...

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 love an underdog story, and we love to see the more "unconventional" come out on top against the most popular. No more can be said than when we see cars that you wouldn't expect to take on sports ...

The turbocharged 2.5-liter five-cylinder engine from the Audi RS3 and now retired Audi TT-RS is one of the most charismatic ...

The Toyota 2JZ-GTE inline-6 engine is widely regarded as one of Toyota's best engines of the 1990s. Many gearheads and enthusiasts take things even further, though, placing the 2JZ-GTE among the ...