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 ...

Discussing which engine is better between a straight-six and a V8 is something that feels like a plotline from The Fast and the Furious, if the franchise actually cared about cars. It’s “import versus ...

A hundred years ago, Opel developed it’s first engine utilizing four valves per cylinder for use in the 1913 Grand Prix racing car. Little did they know at the time that this innovative technology ...

When shopping for a car, our mind often goes to horsepower. But in the world of semi trucks, balance and torque are the most important things. And that's where the inline-6 engine shines. Unlike a V8, ...

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

John has a BCom Degree with a background in corporate Marketing. He has been in automotive journalism since 2014 and has worked at CarBuzz since Feb 2024. John has written for Magneto, the BMW Car ...