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V6

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Sources say that stakeholders are open to discussing both a reduction in the amount of electrification and a change to the internal combustion engine, which is currently a 1.6-litre V6 turbo.

From BBC May 14, 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

The engines are still 1.6-litre V6 turbo hybrids, as they have been since 2014, but one of the two electrical motors that recovered energy has been removed.

From BBC Feb. 5, 2026

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

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Eric S. Raymond

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