Mazda is no stranger to baffling car experts with an out-of-the-box engine design, and its latest patent continues this trend of innovation with interesting results. Their new six-stroke engine design ...

The first mid-engined car did not come from a big player, but it was still appealing enough to draw the attention of one of ...

The engines in pickup trucks and cars sometimes have the same displacement and number of cylinders, so what is it that truly ...

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, ...

Automobile engine designs with W-configurations and double-digit cylinder-counts rank among the most complicated car engines ever made. While other automakers have more-or-less accomplished combining ...

What’s the voodoo behind the horizontally opposed cylinder setup only found in Subarus and Porsches? And what sets them apart ...

For seven decades, the GM small-block V8 has powered cars and trucks with legendary reliability, strong performance, and an ...

The first production car engine with variable valve timing (VVT) came from Alfa Romeo in 1980. It was installed in the fuel-injected Alfa Romeo Spider. Before this, a few experimental systems existed, ...

Rear-engined car models have been rare across automotive history, but many of them are historic and iconic. It's important to understand the difference between mid- and rear-engine placement and how ...

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