Nigel first entered the world of automotive journalism in the mid-80s, working for what was then the “bible” of weekly automotive content - Motoring News. Those were the days of tip-tap typewriters, ...

Direct injection. Just about every car has it now, and those that don’t probably will in the next few years. It can add power, reduce emissions, and is a big part of why just about everybody is ...

Viknesh Vijayenthiran March 14, 2007 Comment Now! Researchers at MIT have come up with a new engine design that improves the fuel efficiency and output of today’s powerplants but at a fraction of the ...

Ford announced today that direct fuel injection and turbocharging, which it brands EcoBoost, will increase gas mileage up to 20% on half a million of its vehicles within five years. The 2009 Lincoln ...

Automotive News reports an upgraded version of the Pentastar V6 is on the way. Word has it that Chrysler plans to unveil a new, turbocharged, direct-injection version of the company's workhorse engine ...

The push by governments around the world for stricter emissions regulations for new cars has all automakers, from mainstream makes like Toyota and GM all the way up to exclusive brands like ...

Modern engines get blamed for everything now. Turbocharger? Must be fragile. Hybrid? Must cost a house to fix. Direct injection? Better start a support group. The truth looks less dramatic, though – a ...

Most new cars are turbocharged, direct injected, or both, which means that these fuel-saving and performance-enhancing technologies will soon become even more common in the used car marketplace. Both ...

It's an amazing time when there's new technology in the industry as it forces a new rivalry in speed parts, and direct-injection is firmly in the high-performance arena whether anyone likes it or not.

A new downsized, turbocharged engine will replace a more than 20-year-old four-cylinder motor currently powering entry-level Volkswagen Jetta compact cars, Volkswagen of America said today. The new ...

The basic difference between direct injection (DI) and the port-fuel injection (PFI) systems we've become familiar with since the mid-1980s is that PFI sprays fuel into the intake manifold (behind ...