V6

British

noun

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

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The big V6 doesn’t make so much of a stir so it can get by with hydroelastic mounts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Behind the crosshatched front grille lives a well-tempered, turbocharged 3.5-liter V6, mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission and permanent all-wheel drive, including a digitally controlled limited-slip differential.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

The vehicle is a hybrid convertible powered by a twin-turbo 3.0-liter V6 and an electric motor, producing a combined 819 horsepower.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

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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