Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

At this point, mixing and matching the Big Three U.S. auto manufacturers' V-8 powerplants, both internally and across all brands of vehicles—engine-swapping, if you will—is a tried-and-true practice.

In 1932, Henry Ford, the acknowledged all-time master of automotive mass production, dealt his competitors a severe blow and elevated the standard of middle-class transportation by introducing his new ...

With 50-plus years of development behind them, big displacement engines like General Motors' 8.1-liter Vortec V8 and Dodge's 8.0-liter Magnum V10 were two of the largest engines ever placed in ...

In most cases, the number of spark plugs in a gasoline engine is typically represented by the number of its cylinders. For instance, it's perfectly normal for a V8 engine to have eight spark plugs, a ...

United Engine has carried out further water-ingestion tests on the PD-8 engine for the Yakovlev SJ-100, to confirm its ability to withstand heavy rain. The tests were conducted on an outdoor rig near ...

Throughout the nearly 150 years of automotive development, manufacturers have used power plants ranging from the 1-cylinder engine in the Patent Motorwagen to 16-cylinder monsters like the magnificent ...