V6

British

noun

a car or internal-combustion engine having six cylinders arranged in the form of a V

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As well-equipped as it is in other ways, the GV70 is let down by its legacy V6 powerplant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

Back in 2010, the husky twin-turbo V6 and slick eight-speed automatic would have seemed almost magical.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

These retain 1.6-litre V6 turbo hybrids, but simplify them by removing the MGU-H, which recovers energy from the turbo and is highly complex and was considered a barrier to new suppliers.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025

Seeing as Mercedes dominated the first eight years of the engine regulations when the V6 engines came in, do you see them building that sort of dominance again from the new regulations?

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025

This value is usually -1 under C libraries postdating V6 Unix, but was originally 0.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

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