If you've ever looked under the bonnet of a car, the engine can seem like a maze of metal parts, pipes and wires. In reality, its job is quite simple: it turns fuel into the power that moves your car.

How boxer engines work, why they’re not just “flat” engines, and a 120-year evolution traced from the 1899 Benz to the latest Porsche and Subaru boxers. Boxer engines feature flat, opposing pistons ...

Certain American V8 engines were so overbuilt for their era that they routinely outlasted the bodies, frames, and everything else around them. The 1955 Chevrolet small-block's simple architecture made ...

Well, it turns out the humble number seven just doesn’t play nice with the laws of physics – or with accountants. One problem noted by Auto Motor under Sport in a recent article is that the crank ...