This Easily Overlooked V6 Is The Bulletproof Engine Powering Much Of America’s Cars

The year was 2004. You could still buy a Pontiac, a Honda Element, a Subaru Baja, a Mercury, or a Saturn Ion. Bluetooth hadn’t quite joined the party yet, but if your car was fancy enough, it may have had iPod integration. The Honda Ridgeline was first shown as a concept. Chrysler had just launched the new LX-platformed series of rear-drive products that would take the HEMI V8 to the mainstream, and the last-ever car from Oldsmobile would roll off the assembly line as the brand was being wound down.