Automotive engine technology has advanced many miles since Carl Benz put a one-cylinder gas motor in the Patent Motorwagen, creating the first car ever in the late 19th Century. A couple of decades later, Henry Ford adapted Nicolaus Otto’s four-stroke design for the Model T’s engine, and the auto industry flourished as manufacturers began developing more powerful and more reliable motors. Although inline six-cylinder engines run smoothly and are some of the most reliable ever made, the motoring public’s thirst for speed
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