American Motors Corporation introduced the 4.0-liter inline-6 engine with the 1987 Jeep Cherokee ... generally happy with their reliable slanted engines, but things changed when new emissions ...

Yet, in the 1980s, the V-6 engine started to gain ... for an entire company is the AMC inline-six. This inline-six was most notably found in a variety of Jeep and AMC models from the beginning ...