This engine used a forged steel crankshaft with four main bearings and cast-iron pistons. It was 193.9 cubic inches (3.2 L) in size and produced 50 hp (37 kW).

Toyota's first engine built the similar 206.8 cubic inches (3.4 L) Toyota Type A engine from 1935 to 1947 based on a reverse engineered version of the Chevrolet engine. Knudsen's cast-iron wonder was produced through 1936. Chevrolet had long been known for its ' valve-in-head' four-cylinder engines which were also engineered by Buick. Richard Grant (Chevrolet marketing executive) insisted that the new design boast overhead valves, patented by Buick who was already building the OHV Buick Straight-6 engine since the early 1910s. The first mass-produced Chevrolet inline 6 was introduced in 1929 on Chevrolet cars and trucks, replacing the company's first inline-4. 'splash' lubrication for the rod bearings and pressurized lubrication to the three main bearings. Many popular cars and trucks, including the Chevrolet Camaro, Chevrolet Impala, and Chevrolet Suburban used the inline-six as the base engine.

Chevrolet did not offer another inline-six until the 2002 debut of the General Motors Atlas engine in the Chevrolet TrailBlazer. It was replaced by the more recently developed V6 and four-cylinder engines. It was completely phased out in North America by 1990, but in Brazil, GM held on to its fuel-injected version through the 1998 model year. It replaced the Chevrolet Straight-4 engine171-cubic-inch (2.8 L) inline-four as the maker's sole engine from 1929 through 1954, and was the company's base engine starting in 1955 when it added the small block V8 to the lineup. The Chevrolet straight-six engine was an inline-6 engine made in three versions between 19 by the Chevrolet Division of General Motors. Motor vehicle engine Chevrolet straight-6 engine

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