Before 1981, performance was simple. Auto manufacturers just created bigger engines, more cylinders, and louder exhausts like the Pontiac 7.5L V8 engine, used in models like the GTO, Firebird Trans Am ...

The modern F-150 market hasn’t just heated up—it’s gone volcanic as sport trucking is back in a big way, and there is a large focus on performance. Tuners, builders, and specialty manufacturers are ...

The small crossover gets a welcome makeover that ushers in modernized styling and a more upscale interior ...

Philip Gelderblom has been writing professionally since the '90s. He has written mainly content on a freelance basis, including about cars, future cars, EVs, hybrids and hydrogen cars, self-driving ...

Ford is pulling the plug on its 2.0-liter twin-turbo EcoBlue diesel engine in markets around the world, after removing it from the European lineup earlier this year. The Blue Oval will replace the ...

Now, stroking a Chevy V-8 is normally pretty easy, but the short pan needed for the C8 Corvette’s oiling system made the task especially difficult. Extensive CAD modeling was used to find the ...

Although Subaru didn't invent flat engines, and isn't the only automaker still using them, those motors have become a defining characteristic of the brand. (The same can be said for all-wheel drive, ...

Turbocharged engines are built for power. They use a device called a turbocharger to force more air into the engine, which helps burn more fuel and create more power. This gives you quicker ...

We live in a time when news of new internal combustion engines being developed doesn’t come along all that often. And even when they do, most of the time they don’t reveal a completely new engine, but ...

About a decade after Rudolf Diesel came out with the namesake engine, someone had the great idea to stick a turbocharger onto the diesel engine, creating the turbo diesel. As it turned out, the ...