Description
Name an engine, and you can find someone who loves it. I mean REALLY loves it. I3s, I4s, I6s, V8s, V10s, V12s. But a V6? Hard pass. What's up with that anyway?
Now to be fair, there have been some truly great V6s in history. The C30A V6 in the first-gen Acura NSX, the Taurus SHO's V6, the 690T in the Guilia Quadrifoglio to name a few. But those are exceptions to the rule... and I would argue that the mystique of those engines comes from being so good DESPITE being a V6.
Today, we're unpacking the decades of baggage that's built up around V6s to figure out why they get so much hate. From its origins as an engineering compromise, to the way it reshaped the car market at the end of the 20th century, to the controversial sound... the V6 has always represented a lot more than just another engine format.
But with the internal combustion engine in trouble and the electric enemy at the gates, it's time to take a hard look at why we can't bring ourselves to love V6s.
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0:00 Don't get no respect
1:01 Engineering compromises
2:55 The balance problem
6:32 V6s take over
9:52 Automakers keep trying
12:26 V6 as inkblot test