If you are a motorhead, an unusual engine will immediately get your attention. Most vehicles today have either an inline or V-shaped configuration, so anything peculiar will immediately stick out. If ...

In the lates 80s, VW's engineers faced a conundrum. The product planning department expressed the need for a compact six-cylinder engine that could be squeezed into a front-wheel-drive car.

A British company created what it called the ultimate air-cooled Porsche 911, with a unique supercharged flat-six at its core ...

It's only natural for minds to run to Chrysler when the word "hemi" comes up in conversation. While Chrysler didn't invent the hemispherical combustion chamber engine, with that honor going to Allie ...

Porsche has patented a unique three-bank design that could redefine what a high-performance combustion engine could look like. Porsche patented a unique W18 engine design with three cylinder banks and ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

Despite its critics and moves toward electrification, the internal combustion engine is not yet dead. Though its design for passenger vehicles may have begun to reach its apex with Mazda’s Skyactiv ...