It used to be that turbochargers were mostly used on high-performance sports cars. They still give go-fast cars an extra boost of power, but increasingly, automakers use them on smaller engines to ...

The best things in life come in pairs - and so does turbocharging. Two decades after the first turbocharged car, the Oldsmobile Jetfire, Maserati debuted an engine with two turbochargers, which gave ...

Other manufacturers caught on and it didn’t take too long for a plethora of companies to add the turbo moniker to any vehicle that was supposed to be slightly sporty. Without the turbocharger it’s ...

Find out about the multi-million-dollar technology that runs today's Formula One cars. It’s generally understood that the more cylinders you have in your engine, the faster your car will be. However, ...

Stellantis has officially revealed its latest powertrain innovation: the all-new 2.0-liter Hurricane 4 Turbo. This compact yet mighty four-cylinder engine brings six-cylinder performance to a smaller, ...

The V8 engine is in its twilight years, but it continues to make its mark as it prepares to head off into the sunset The V8 engine might be living its last moments of glory, but though the format’s ...

The downsizing of engines by carmakers is a strategy that's now all too familiar. Over the past decades, many automakers have had to shrink their engine sizes as part of efforts to comply with ...

As emissions restrictions tighten and more automakers struggle to meet increasing CAFE standards, small-displacement turbocharged engines are becoming more and more common. A small, efficient, ...

Is this the beginning of something new or the beginning of the end? Cryptic? Well, yeah because these are confusing times for hot rodders and the messages telegraphed are often, at best, mixed and ...

Like its twin the Subaru BRZ, the Toyota 86 was an immediate success when it debuted under the Scion banner as the FR-S. Much positive ink was spilled regarding its styling, its road handling and the ...