There are people who will tell you that the roar of a V8 engine is one of the most beautiful sounds of all time — a point that's hard to argue with. The deep and thunderous growl of a powerful V8 ...

The vehicles we drive are powered by many engine types (and electric motors, of course) — but perhaps two of the most emotive forms of internal combustion engine are the V and flat configurations.

An exhaust note helps give a cars its personality, and what that personality is has a lot to do to the type of engine it has. Toyota has released a helpful explainer on why that is. It starts with the ...

Everyone generally knows about piston and rotary engines, with many a flamewar having been waged over the pros and cons of each design. The “correct” answer is thus to combine both into a single ...

Mixing up strokes and cylinders? Learn how a 2-stroke combustion cycle differs from a 2-cylinder engine setup, and how each ...

When it comes to engines, the term "block" can mean a few things. There's big block versus small block and short block vs long block, but at the heart of the matter is the engine itself. The ...

Lou is a freelance journalist and content writer with a focus on the automotive world. After graduating from Coventry University (Automotive Journalism MA) in 2020, she worked in automotive e-commerce ...

Engineers at UC Davis have built a remarkable device that creates power at night by tapping into something we rarely think about: the vast cold of outer space. Using a special type of Stirling engine, ...