Five-cylinder engines occupy a strange sweet spot in automotive history, sitting between the balance of a straight-six and the compact packaging of a four-cylinder. They have powered everything from ...

You might think that four cylinders are inherently better than three, but is that really the case? The answer is more nuanced ...

Automakers have been shying away from the old adage of "there's no replacement for displacement" over the past decade. Gone are the days of sticking a large V8 engine into a car and calling it a day.

Engines with odd numbers of cylinders aren’t very common. The only configurations that normally see used in automobiles are inline-three cylinder engines and inline-fives. Needless to say, an ...

V8 engines are among our favorites. They make big power and sound that is, in the vernacular of Boston, wicked awesome. It's only natural to think that such big engines would power the big semi trucks ...

The mighty inline-6 (also known as a straight-six or I6) was once a common sight, powering any number of models from around the world. In the last few decades, however, the V6 has more or less ...

Toyota's Supra can be traced back to the late 1970s when the nameplate spun off as a moderately hulked-up version of the company's second-generation Celica coupe. Celica Supras were built with longer ...

Ferrari patents a radical Y-shaped V12 engine designed as a hybrid generator, rethinking combustion architecture amid ...

Engine sound is a highly debated topic. Some prefer the V8 rumble of American muscle cars. Others swear by high revving V10 and V12 engines. Turbo fans love their whooshing noises, regardless of the ...

Speaking to us ahead of the inaugural MotoGP race in India, Monster Energy Yamaha rider Franco Morbidelli discussed an array of topics, ranging from first impressions of the Buddh International ...