The Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 did something rare in modern performance cars: it turned a deeply technical engine experiment ...

Porsche made the move from air-cooled to water-cooled engines for the 911 in 1997. Here's what pushed the German automaker to leave decades of tradition behind.

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The Hellcat engine found itself under the hood in everything from trucks to SUVs as well as two-door and four-door muscle ...

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Explore the Coyote V8’s development, all-generation updates, supercharged variants, and common issues that make this Ford ...

The 1941 Packard Custom Super Eight 180 led the way with hydraulically operated power windows. Cars from Lincoln and Cadillac ...

After its own investigation, GM initially recalled 721,000 SUVs and trucks with 6.2L V8 gas engines. But NHTSA started getting complaints about engines outside the recall. The National Highway Traffic ...

Toyota is about to launch a new supercar—instead of opting for a downsized engine, it will be powered by an all-new twin-turbocharged V8, one that will be shared with Lexus as well. Toyota’s ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...