How Many Cylinders Turn You On? The Results

Modern-day car engines range from between two and 16 cylinders. And because you lot are a bunch of power fiends and lovers of ultimate engine noise, there could only be one winner.

You voted, and with a 31 per cent majority, it was the mighty eight-cylinder engine, which won by quite a margin. Let's remind ourselves what a sweet eight sounds like:

And here's a taster of American V8 iron at its best:

Here's what we said about the 'eight last week:

Do you like the race-car howl of a flat-plane crank Ferrari? Or the air-ripping growl of a cross-plane lump of American V8 iron? Don't even get us started on some of AMG's recent V8s. And how about Volkswagen's W-shaped eight?

The Winners And Losers

Unsurprisingly, 10-cylinder engines came in at number two with 22 per cent of your love, followed by six-pots (17 per cent), 12 cylinders (11 per cent) and the fruity five, which accounted for eight per cent of your votes.

16, 2, 4 and 3 cylinder units scored 6, 3, 3, and 0 per cent respectively, which may surprise you. I think what this shows is that you love a smooth-sounding motor, with heady performance. Stuff the MPG! As for the mighty 16? That's just too OTT, even for you. And us...

For the engine videos and sound bites from last week, hit this link.