variants or V6
: an internal combustion engine having two banks of three cylinders each with the banks at an angle to each other
also : an automobile having such an engine compare v-8

Examples of V-6 in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web After decades spent exclusively building front-engine V-12s, the automaker’s lineup had started to fill with mid-engine sports cars powered by V-6 and V-8 engines. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2024 That car was the 206 GT, a stylish V-6 that debuted in 1967 and was to be sold under the new Dino marque, which was named after founder Enzo Ferrari’s late son. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024 The facility is the largest vehicle manufacturing plant globally for Toyota, producing the Toyota Camry, Toyota Camry Hybrid, Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, Lexus ES 350, and vehicle parts including four-cylinder and V-6 engines, axels, steering components, and more. The Courier-Journal, 6 Feb. 2024 The British marque melds them brilliantly, using hybrid architecture that employs a motor to goose an all-new V-6 engine; its superb power train is just one reason why the editors chose it as their Car of the Year. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2024 The setup consists of a 1.6-liter V-6 and four electric motors that combine to pump out a hair-raising 1,049 horses. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2024 The Unifor strike includes Oshawa Assembly Complex and CCA Stamped Products, St. Catharines Powertrain Plant and Woodstock Parts Distribution Centre, which produce Chevrolet Silverado trucks as well as some V-6 and V-8 engines. Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023 It was originally supposed to feature a V-6, but now has a twin-turbo flat-plane V-8 engine at its heart. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2023 But this 0-to-60 time is a tenth of a second quicker than that of a Camaro V-6 automatic. John Phillips, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of V-6 was in 1953

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“V-6.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/V-6. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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