When you think of the most popular engine architecture you'll find in most cars, things like a V-8, V-6, or inline-four cylinder come to mind. Rarely do you think of an inline five-cylinder, which is ...
Having lived with a four-cylinder Mercedes 240D and a five-cylinder 300D, I can tell you that the extra cylinder makes a huge difference getting up to highway speed at the end of an on-ramp.