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 ...

Pontiac's 151-cubic-inch 92-hp 4-cylinder production engine began in 1978 as the "Iron Duke." It was offered as the base engine in Pontiac Astras, Sunbirds, and other GM compacts like the Chevrolet ...

Toyota has kept one of its workhorse four-cylinder engines in production for roughly a quarter of a century, an unusually ...

Toyota Motor North America said Tuesday it will invest $383 million across four plants in the United States to prepare for what appears to be a new four-cylinder engine variant for traditional and ...

Ford Motor Company's 4-cylinder engines have always been popular with the hot rodding set. Even in the days of the flathead, a beefed-up flattie four Ford was a force to be reckoned with. And as the ...

Photo: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Often ridiculed by many gearheads, four-cylinder engines can be as potent as those with twice as many cylinders. Four-cylinders were among the first types of internal ...

Today's 4-cylinder cars offer a better combination of performance and efficiency than ever before. Although the engines themselves continue to get smaller in displacement, they're able to make more ...

A: I recently spent some time in the Ford Explorer with the 4-cylinder EcoBoost engine. After driving it for a day, I stopped and opened the hood just to verify that it was actually a 4-cylinder ...

DETROIT – Lila Frazell wasn't looking for a car with a four-cylinder engine when she started shopping at a Chrysler dealership in Albuquerque, N.M., early this year. But the black Sebring midsize ...

NEW YORK -- General Motors is considering a four-cylinder engine for the new Chevrolet Camaro as a response to rising fuel prices. Speaking on the sidelines of the New York auto show, GM Vice Chairman ...

Volvo’s least expensive SUV, the XC60, is updated for 2017 with all fuel-efficient four-cylinder turbocharged engines and simpler trim levels for easier buyer choices. Unfortunately, the shuffling of ...

BMW is determined to stick with six- and eight-cylinder engines for as long as ICE exists, unlike rival automakers including Mercedes-AMG that have downsized in the era of electrification. Speaking to ...