The Ford Taunus V4 engine is a 60° V4 piston engine with one balance shaft, introduced by Ford Motor Company in Germany in 1962. The German V4 was built in the Cologne plant and powered the Ford Taunus and German versions of the Consul, Capri, and Transit.
Ford Taunus V4 in a Saab Sonett III
Balance shaft
A V4 engine is a four-cylinder piston engine where the cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration.
1990-2002 Honda ST1100 longitudinally-mounted V4 engine
1960–1994 ZAZ Zaporozhets aircooled V4
1963–1976 Lancia V4 engine
1970-1974 Ford Taunus V4 engine (in a Saab Sonett III)