six-cylinder
Inline or V-arrangement
Six-cylinder describes an engine with six cylinders, or a vehicle equipped with one.
Six-cylinder engines balance power and efficiency, sitting between four-cylinder economy cars and eight-cylinder performance vehicles: The base model comes with a six-cylinder.
Often shortened to six: It's got a six under the hood.
Six-cylinder engine configuration
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- horsepowerRate of mechanical work
- torqueRotational force measurement
- crankshaftRotating engine shaft
pistons · combustion · valves · camshaft · turbocharged · powerplant · motor · bore
Low rolling sound
- purrFeline contentment sound
- growlLow threatening sound
- burbleFlow with bubbling sounds
- droneUnmanned flying machine
tone · resonance · rasp · snarl · idle · downshift · acoustics · throaty
Enclosed passenger car
- coupeTwo-door fixed-roof car
- SUVRugged passenger vehicle
- truckHeavy freight vehicle
- midsizeModerate in scale
BMW · Jaguar · Toyota · Nissan · Mercedes · Jeep · Ford · Chevrolet
Without roughness or difficulty
- balancedIn a state of equilibrium
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- revMotor rotation count
pull · grunt · responsive · linear · refined · effortless · muscular · spirited
inline-six
Six-cylinder engine configuration
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- horsepowerRate of mechanical work
- torqueRotational force measurement
crankshaft · pistons · combustion · valves · camshaft · turbocharged · powerplant · motor · bore · stroke
rumble
Low rolling sound
drone · tone · resonance · rasp · snarl · idle · downshift · acoustics · throaty · melodic
sedan
Enclosed passenger car
midsize · BMW · Jaguar · Toyota · Nissan · Mercedes · Jeep · Ford · Chevrolet · pickup
smooth
Without roughness or difficulty
- balancedIn a state of equilibrium
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- accelerationRate velocity changes
rev · pull · grunt · responsive · linear · refined · effortless · muscular · spirited · peppy
- Inline Enginesinline-4, inline-6, straight-6, straight-six
- motorselectric motor, electric motors, DC motor, DC motors, AC motors
six-cylinderfour-cylinder
Engine with four pistons
V8 · three-cylinder · two-cylinder · inline-four · flat-four
six-cylinderelectric motor
Converts current to motion
electric · battery-powered · rotary · turbine · hydrogen fuel cell
cylinder, cylinders, cylindrical, cylindrically, sixes, sixths, sixteen, sixteenth, sixty