It all started in 1997, on a high-speed train. Volkswagen Group Chair Ferdinand Piëch was traveling on the Shinkansen express ...

Internal combustion engine development is far from stagnant these days, in spite of the advances in electric powertrains in recent decades—and this patent from Porsche concerning a W-style cylinder ...

Porsche filed a patent for a new W-18 engine design that actually makes use of three cylinder banks, unlike some other W-branded engines, Carbuzz found. Not only does the patent account for up to 18 ...

Years after World War II came to an end, Great Britain realized that it needed engines that had incredible power, but didn't take up too much space. Napier answered the call with the Deltic, as the ...

GM has filed a patent application a variable displacement valvetrain system with rocker shaft porting and insert sleeves for ...

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, to our Hall of Internal Combustion Oddities! Hurry, hurry, hurry, and set your eyes on the strangest engines you've ever beheld! Witness BRM's H16, formed from the ...

If you have a basic understanding of how a turbocharged engine like the 2023 Toyota GR Corolla 's souped-up three-cylinder ...