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GM had the 153 CID four as far back as 1962 as the entry level engine for the Chevy II/Nova. Essentially half of a SBC 307 and not the 151 CID Iron Duke's predecessor.
Keep in mind that the Chevy II/Nova chassis also received inline sixxes - as well as the L79 350HP 327 which made for a car that you'd have been smart to not underestimate. Friend of mine had one of those little beasts back in the day.
I think SlingShot's point is that if you're going to talk about 1960's sixxer motors, at least identify the configuration correctly. Lancia and maybe a couple other European makes and Buick excepted, nobody was fitting V6's to cars, so generically calling all sixxes "V6" makes people sound like teenage to 20-something newbies to cars.
Kind of separately, Ford did play around with a turbo 2.3L four in the Fox chassis, but the technology was too advanced for most of the market and too far short of "mature" at the time. Being maybe a little better than the H6 Corvair or the V8 Buick turbocharging efforts in the 1960's still didn't mean it was good enough or that the market was really ready for it.
Norm
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