As is the case with any industry, fashions come in and go in the automotive world. Some trends become things of the past because of changing tastes, like those gold badges on the backs of Toyota ...

America's automotive history is dominated by the V8. It's what we're most famous for. You can probably hear Jeremy Clarkson saying "V8 motor," with his less-than-kind American accent imitation. In ...

As for Chrysler, they went to great lengths to avoid the V8 fad at first, ensuring their much-beloved straight-eight engines lasted past the end of the war, even into the very early 1950s. This is the ...

The inline six engine, which is sometimes called a straight 6 engine, is the configuration of some of the most famous engines on the planet. The Toyota 2JZ, which powered the mk4 Toyota Supra, and the ...

If you have gone car shopping lately, chances are that most of the cars offered to you are powered by turbocharged four-cylinder engines. This is the trend these days, but at one time, dealer lots ...

It's 2026, and you may not know it, but it's been exactly 70 years since the last true Packard automobile rolled off the assembly line. It happened in June 1956, and the said car was a Patrician ...

A v6 engine shown without cylinder heads exposing valve relief cuts on the piston faces. - Dima Aletskyi/Shutterstock If you're shopping for a new automobile or motorcycle, in addition to some battery ...