The 2026 F1 season hasn't started yet, but there's already a major controversy brewing surrounding engines in cars being ...

There’s still another couple of months before the 2026 crop of F1 cars takes to the track for the first preseason test. It’s a year of big change for the sport, which is adopting new power unit rules ...

Earlier this year, Audi turned 14 of its young apprentices loose on an RS3 Sportback to have them build something special to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Audi five-cylinder engine. Six months ...

Port fuel injection (PFI) was a major milestone in the early '80s. The integration of PFI rapidly changed the way fuel was delivered by increasing fuel economy and improving engine performance. Even ...

The Audi five-cylinder isn’t long for this world, but it’s still around to celebrate its 50th birthday. Inline-five engines have been around since the ’30s, but it was only in the ’70s that they ...

The rise to power of electric powertrains spelled trouble for the internal combustion engine. Even if it's still around, powering the cars of the world (including new ones), ICE solutions are no ...

Automotive engineers have invested countless billions trying to improve upon the humble internal combustion engine, but not all those efforts have translated well. In fact, sometimes, things got weird ...

The innovative engine appears to be a victim of its own complexity. It couldn't come at a worse time for Nissan. Nissan's variable-compression engine once held so much promise. The so-called VC-Turbo ...

Audi has made something of a U-turn as it attempts to find the right balance between its range of traditional gas-powered models and new all-electric nameplates. After taking the radical direction of ...

The Audi RS3’s legendary five-cylinder engine has about two years left to live. Audi is preparing a final RS3 GT edition before emissions rules and an EV-focused future close the book on the offbeat ...