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 ...

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

Hyundai actually has a pretty good reputation for making engines, but that doesn't mean they're incapable of making some stinkers, as these engines prove.

It might sound surprising, but the order in which your engine's cylinders fire can have a profound effect on the motor's character. Here's how.