Inline and V engines dominate modern combustion vehicle design. Each layout offers unique advantages in packaging, smoothness, cost, and performance. Here is how the two configurations differ and why ...

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Engines with cylinders in different configurations have different power and torque characteristics, and these are two of the most common.

Known for its use in Jeep SUVs, the 4.0 was available from 1987 to 2006, eventually being phased out for the Chrysler ...

Before Hudson was folded into American Motors, it had developed its own eight-cylinder engine. Yet for years, it stuck with its old-fashioned straight-6.

If you ever want to start an argument between diesel enthusiasts, just bring up the topic of the 6.7 Cummins and PowerStroke diesel engines and see the sparks fly. It's a rivalry as old as time itself ...

When the motor car was in its infancy, engineers and designers experimented with all sorts of technologies and ideas to see which would work best. Through years of experimentation – and sometimes ...

While we normally cover gasoline-powered or electric vehicles at CarBuzz, diesel engines also play a huge part in automotive history, albeit for different reasons. Typically, in the US, we associate ...

With smaller engines becoming ever more popular with the rise of hybrid technology, they've become more powerful. This is the gruntiest I6 of the lot.

While you'll commonly see inline-fours, V6s, or V8s today, a few oddball cars in the past have boasted V4 engines that allowed for unique designs.

The Ford F-150 is by far one of the most popular pickup trucks of all time, but even that hasn't stopped Ford from putting some stinker engines in them.

Touring car racing was growing in popularity through the 1980s, with various regional series and championships for modified ...