The engines that power our cars — even the smallest ones — are extremely heavy. While smaller engines like four-cylinders and V6s can weigh between 200 and 450 pounds, larger motors like heavy-duty ...

Among Chevrolet loyalists, a handful of engines have always hogged the spotlight: big-blocks in Chevelles, small-blocks in ...

Clean air rules were designed to protect the environment from harmful car emissions, but they had a surprising secondary ...

Smaller, more powerful and fuel-efficient engines don’t seem to have great long term reliability. Engine recalls from major automakers such as GM, Toyota and Honda have cost billions of dollars. Moves ...

When Red Bull unveiled its upcoming RB17 hypercar at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, the engine specifications were almost beyond belief. A 4.5-liter V-10 that screams to a redline of 15,000 ...

When most people think of diesel engines, they often picture heavy-duty trucks and locomotives — or they might recall Volkswagen's Dieselgate scandal – but diesel power actually made its passenger car ...

These five engines are not just impressive in terms of the output figures they deliver, but also the unmistakable symphony that their cylinders sing. The automotive internal combustion engines are ...

Well, it turns out the humble number seven just doesn’t play nice with the laws of physics – or with accountants. One problem noted by Auto Motor under Sport in a recent article is that the crank ...

In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and piston design, replacing it with a simple, single-chamber design and a thick, ...