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His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ...

The New York City civil service exam schedule is open for March, and some jobs pay more than others. The application period ...

Toyota has kept one of its workhorse four-cylinder engines in production for roughly a quarter of a century, an unusually ...

Automotive history is full of dead ends that eventually get lost to time. Seventy years ago, the free-piston engine was ...

We all want the best for our cars, but recent fuel price hikes have forced many motorists to reconsider whether paying extra ...

Desmodromic valvetrains are so rare in engines because they're complex, expensive, and create lots of noise, making them ...

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “250 Years of America,” a multipart series examining the innovations, breakthroughs and pivotal moments that have shaped the nation ...

When comparing engine specs for nearly any combustion engine automobile, we see a number of variations available with differing outputs of horsepower and torque. We often have a choice of gasoline or ...

We're not going to get into the whole "who made the first car" argument today. But there's not much doubt that the overall history of self-propelled vehicles goes back well beyond the Mercedes Patent ...

Despite its critics and moves toward electrification, the internal combustion engine is not yet dead. Though its design for passenger vehicles may have begun to reach its apex with Mazda’s Skyactiv ...

It started in 2023. General Motors (GM) announced that it was investing nearly $900 million in the development of the next-generation small-block V8 engine to power its large pickup and SUV models, ...