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The inline-six engine is a piston engine with six cylinders arranged in a straight line along the crankshaft. A straight-six engine has perfect primary and secondary engine balance, resulting in fewer vibrations than other designs of six or fewer cylinders.
The straight-five engine is a piston engine with five cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankshaft.
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A straight-three engine is a three-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft.
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The Volkswagen Corrado is a compact four passenger (2+2), three door, front-engine, front-wheel-drive liftback coupe marketed by Volkswagen from 1988 until 1995, and manufactured by Karmann in Osnabrück, Germany.
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The VR5 engines are a family of petroleum fuelled Internal combustion engines developed by the Volkswagen Group and produced from 1997 to 2006. They are derived from the VR6 engine family, also developed by Volkswagen, but with one fewer cylinders. The VR5 is highly compact, thanks to the narrower angle of 15° and a displacement of 2,324 cc. The VR5 was the first production block to use five cylinders in a VR design with a 15-degree angle.
Bridgestone motorcycles were a division of the Bridgestone Tire Co. of Kyōbashi, Tokyo, Japan that produced mopeds and motorcycles from 1952 to 1970. Initially producing power assisted bicycles, the division moved on to producing mopeds and then motorcycles. The motorcycles were technologically advanced and powered by two-stroke engines. The high technical specification resulted in the machines being more expensive compared to other manufacturers models. Production was stopped in 1970 to protect the supply of tyres to other manufacturers.
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- ↑ Volkswagen Self-Study Programme. "The 2.3-ltr. V5 Engine – Design and Function" (PDF). www.volkspage.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2018.
- ↑ "Exclusive – We Ride Honda's RC211V GP bike". www.motorcyclistonline.com. February 24, 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ↑ "Bike" magazine (issue date to follow)
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