Four-cylinder engines are usually associated with efficiency and compact packaging, yet a handful of engineers have stretched the format to astonishing sizes. The five engines below represent some of ...

Four-cylinder engines have been part of the automotive scene for over a century. Yet the quest for more power under the hood dominated most of the 20th century, giving rise to six- and eight-cylinder ...

We've said it before, but it deserves repeating: Four-bangers formed the foundation hot rodding was built on. And while there is no denying today's engines are technologically superior in every way, ...