Engineers have a lot to think about when designing new engines, and one of the biggest considerations is the shape of the ...

The internal combustion engine, for all its mechanical sophistication, still runs on a 19th-century mechanical idea: pistons rising and falling, a crankshaft spinning, a steam-age architecture ...

A broken piston can happen for many reasons, from detonation and overheating to lubrication issues or mechanical stress. In this video, we take a closer look at what may have caused the piston to fail ...

Golf balls have dimples, so they fly farther than balls that don't. Apply the same principle to diesel engines, and you have a gross oversimplification of why dimpled pistons were invented. It's a ...

If you thought automakers had stopped putting effort into coming up with radical new combustion ideas as they shift their focus towards EVs, you’d be wrong. Ferrari has filed a patent for engines with ...

Technical manoeuvring to push regulatory boundaries for the slightest performance edge without actually breaking any rules is a familiar pattern in all forms of motorsport. Engineers treat the rule ...

Cars with a manual transmission may be difficult to figure out at first, but with a bit of experience, you can learn a few tricks. For instance, you can actually improve your fuel economy by shifting ...