Tagged “Engine”

  • Hartge BMW Z4 M with M5 V10 engine for sale

    Shoehorning big engines into little roadsters is a classic operation - take the Breckland Beira V8 and Irmscher GT40 for a pair of recent examples - but the tuners at Hartge have accomplished what may...

  • BMW retires the Z4 M's straight-six engine

    Fantastic engines are to car people like a fine vintage is to a wine enthusiast - not just to be used, but enjoyed, savored as some of the highest expressions of the art of their creation. But like al...

  • Triple Eight Engineering tunes the Opel Astra VXR

    Triple Eight Engineering, the same team responsible for preparing the Opel Vectra VRX race car for 2008 BTCC Drivers’ Champion Fabrizio Giovanardi, has now worked its magic on the smaller Astra VXR...

  • GM delays construction of Volt, Cruze engine plant

    As Washington waffles on the auto industry bailout, General Motors has decided to put construction work on hold at the Flint, Michigan engine plant where the 1.4L turbocharged and naturally aspirated...

  • FIA picks Cosworth as official F1 engine supplier

    Critics of Formula One have long complained that the series is too expensive and lacks real competition. Rule changes, including a ten-year engine development freeze, to help combat those tendencies o...

  • Breckland updates Beira V8-powered Kappa roadster

    General Motors' Kappa platform has been widely praised for its performance characteristics (if also found somewhat lacking in ergonomics), so its choice as the basis of a custom V8-swap is in many way...

  • Renault offering two new V6 engines in Laguna

    Following the lead taken from the Renault Laguna Coupe, both the hatchback and estate variants of the Renault Laguna will be available with a 3.5L petrol V6 and a 3.0L dCi diesel engine. Both of these...

  • Ferrari threatens to quit F1 over spec-engine rules

    Ferrari has threatened to "re-evaluate" its commitment to formula one should the governing body impose standard engines. Despite also boasting of increased revenues and profits after a board meeting o...