page_title: AMC straight-6 engine
section_title: The modern era I-6
hierarchical_section_title: AMC straight-6 engine / The modern era I-6
caption_attribution_description: English: The 199 CID (3.3 L) straight 6 engine by American Motors Corporation (AMC) in a 1968 Rambler American base model station wagon. Picture taken at AMCRC show in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
context_page_description: The American Motors Corporation straight-6 family of engines was used in AMC passenger cars and Jeep vehicles from 1964 through 2006.
context_section_description: The company designed an entirely new six-cylinder with a short stroke and seven main bearing crankshaft for 1964. This design was produced in various forms through 2006. The 232 cu in (3.8 L) "Torque Command" inline six was AMC's first modern six-cylinder engine.
  To commemorate the engine's May 1964 introduction, 2,520 "Typhoon" cars were made on the Rambler Classic hardtop body. Each featured the 145 hp (108 kW; 147 PS) 8.5:1 compression ratio engine, Solar Yellow body paint, a Classic Black roof, and a distinctive "Typhoon" script in place of the usual "Classic" name. All other AMC options (except engine options) were available.
  The new engine replaced the Nash 195.6 cu in (3.2 L) OHV I6 in the Classic and Ambassador for the 1965 model year (this was also the first use of a six in the Ambassador since 1956).
  In 1966, a 199 cu in (3.3 L) version finally replaced the aging 195.6 cu in (3.2 L) OHV and L-head engines. Road tests by Consumer Reports described the new powerplant as "a very smooth and quiet engine, which should give good performance."
  Both the 199 and 232 featured a 3 ³⁄₄ in (95.3 mm) bore, and either a 3 in (76.2 mm) or 3 ¹⁄₂ in (88.9 mm) stroke. The 199 was discontinued in 1970; the 232 was offered alongside the 258 cu in (4.2 L) (made by using a 3.895 in (98.9 mm) stroke crankshaft and slightly taller block) during the 1970s, but was discontinued in 1979. Increasingly stringent emission control regulations continued to decrease the engine's power output, making the smaller version inadequate as increasingly stringent safety regulations also made vehicles heavier.
caption: Engine bay of a 1968 Rambler American
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