Originally posted by dellowm:
BMW still has all its 6 cylinder engines as straight 6's. No v6's but they do have V8s and V12's
Subaru has a horizonally opposed 4 cylinder engines.
Once I had straight 6 engines in a 65 Plymouth and a 67 Chevy Van.
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Used to own a Ford Gran Torino Straight Six (I think it was a 1975 model). I think the idea with horizontally opposed cylinders was that it was more "evenly" distributed due to gravity (or so they say when I first heard of them in a car). But it probably did not catch on as it takes up too much space on a horizontal plane. And once again an V configuration would be more space saving as opposed to a straight line configuration.
P/s Ms. Tella, stick around, there is a lot to learn from this site. Most of us are pretty o.k. folks. 
"Always do the cheap and easy ones first."
1996 V6 ATX 96K miles
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