Engines

Real revolutions in engine technology are rare. By and large, the internal combustion engine has remained much the same for well over a century, with just general, incremental improvements in all areas separating today's engines from those in the very first automobiles. Scuderi's patented...

Ferrari is launching a brand new V-12 engine in its latest supercar, the F12 Berlinetta, and the advanced unit, the most powerful ever to be fitted to one of Ferrari’s road cars, is just the first in what the automaker claims will be a whole new generation of V-12 powerplants. Claims like...

While spy shots and spy videos of new models in testing are one way to find out what a manufacturer has in the pipeline, they’re not the only way to gather information about upcoming products. Sometimes it’s as easy as reviewing patent filings or trademark applications, and Infiniti has...

To increase power in its upcoming four-cylinder engine range, Volvo will use twincharger technology to combine the benefits of a supercharger with the strengths of a turbocharger.

Volkswagen is introducing two highly innovative engine ranges this year, both of them comprised of four-cylinder units and some of which are potentially headed to the U.S. One of these is a gasoline-powered four-cylinder engine family dubbed the EA211, which we previously reported would be the...

With 500 horsepower and 487 pound-feet of torque on tap, Bentley’s new twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 engine is just 67 horsepower and 29 pound-feet of torque shy of the output generated by its twin-turbo 6.0-liter W-12. Factor in that the V-8 also produces 40 percent less CO2 emissions than the...

In an effort to continually improve fuel economy, BMW expects to develop three-cylinder turbocharged engines for 3-Series models.

In just two years, Chrysler has built one million Pentastar V-6 engines, now used in over 68 percent of domestic Chrysler vehicles.

GM will launch a new 2.5-liter four in the 2013 Chevy Malibu, and will introduce the new engine across product lines over the next 12 months.

In the latest step forward in the collaboration of Daimler and Renault-Nissan that commenced in 2010, the two auto giants have announced today they will start building new Mercedes-Benz four-cylinder engines at a plant in the U.S. The engines, which will eventually appear in several Mercedes-Benz...

Whilst most have been enjoying the festive period these past several days, the hard working Lotus Motorsport crew are busy celebrating the fruits of their labor over the past 12 months following the first successful engine fire-up in the Lotus IndyCar chassis, as well as the first proper Exige R-GT...

Part of the expanded crate engine lineup that Ford Racing Performance Parts has announced for 2012 includes a naturally aspirated, 2.0-liter inline four-cylinder "Crate Engine Concept." The engine serves as a precursor for a range of new four-cylinder offerings in the works, and the good news is...

The new Lotus is building a new V-8 engine, in part to power its upcoming Lotus Esprit, due in 2013. Reported to generate up to 570 horsepower, the new Lotus V-8 is being built from scratch, completely in-house, a move which Lotus characterizes as big and brave decision. The motivation is to be...

Ward's Auto has picked the 10 best engines of 2011, and common themes to most include advanced technology and forced induction.

Rumors of a turbocharged version of the BRZ's engine--and the BRZ itself--have swirled for a while now, as has its application elsewhere. But now, the talk is firming up with possible power figures, and they're nudging up against 270 hp. That's not exactly unheard from a 2.0-liter four-cylinder, as...

General Motors crossed a milestone yesterday. Somewhere on a little counter in GM's Performance Build Center at Wixom near Detroit, a number ticked over from 99,999,999 to 100,000,000, marking the hundred-millionth small-block V8 GM has produced. That milestone engine is a 638-horsepower...

Honda has used the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show to announce a range of environmentally friendly technologies it plans to roll out grouped under the new heading of “Earth Dreams Technology”. Similar to Mazda’s “SkyActiv” range of green technologies, Earth Dreams Technology is...

In honor of the 100-millionth small-block Chevrolet V-8, which just rolled off the lines, we thought we'd bring you a photographic visit to the plant that built it. In July 2010, Chevy announced it would offer a new program to buyers of its Corvette sports car. Not only could they watch their very...

It powers the ZR1, and it has powered about 99,999,999 other cars, too: it's GM's small block engine family, including V-8s and V-6s, and it's been in action since 1955. Yes, GM has built its 100-millionth small-block engine, and it's an LS9 6.2-liter supercharged V-8 good for 638 horsepower--443...

Honda may return to the world of Formula 1 as an engine supplier according to latest reports coming out of Germany, and the first team it may sign a deal with is former partner McLaren, which it supplied engines to during the glory days of Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna. At present McLaren still...