Across more than a century of automotive history, a handful of engines have earned reputations for surviving abuse, neglect, and astronomical odometer readings. The most durable designs share a common ...

You would think that after 140 years of producing automobiles, the industry would have settled on a basic layout. After all, bicycles don't have heaps of alternative ...

You know about inline engines like I-4s and even I-6s. Then there are V6 and V8 engines. And, if you're familiar with exotic sports cars, you know about V12s and V16s. What you don't hear about very ...

For 42 years, the XK was Jaguar’s secret weapon. It proved its worth on the racetrack and powered generations of cars. The company’s leap into electrics could take a similar path. By Paul Stenquist ...

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, ...

How boxer engines work, why they’re not just “flat” engines, and a 120-year evolution traced from the 1899 Benz to the latest Porsche and Subaru boxers. Boxer engines feature flat, opposing pistons ...

It’s easy to assume that all hybrid cars work in the same way, by using a battery and an electric motor to help out the engine and reduce your fuel usage. This is broadly true, but there are actually ...

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 ...