For most of us around the world, our cars will be powered by either a humble yet hard-working four-cylinder engine, or a smooth and consistent six-cylinder unit. Sure, we may aspire to own ...

Inline four-cylinder engines are inherently unbalanced, but skillful design and properly balanced and counterweighted ...

Headlined by the updated Z1100 SE ABS, Kawasaki also announced the return of several other 2026 model-year motorcycles, set ...

Pontiac premier 4-cylinder drag racing entry is the Rod Shop's G/A Fiero driven by Larry Morgan. It has already won two national events in NHRA's Competition Eliminator. Pontiac's 151-cubic-inch 92-hp ...

Any oddball engine is clickbait crack for mechanical nerds, and the most compelling ones purport to introduce an entirely new combustion concept. "Not a four-stroke, not a two-stroke, a revolutionary ...

The in-line four-cylinder is the most widely used car engine in the world. But it wasn't always the case. Following the 1970s and 1980s oil crisis, auto manufacturers began downsizing to smaller ...

Toyota is no stranger to success. In fact, according to Kelley Blue Book, Toyota had five of the world's 10 best-selling passenger vehicles in 2022. This includes the indomitable Hilux pickup truck, ...

For a street car, you might consider 400 horsepower to be a mighty figure for a highly-tuned four-cylinder engine. For the boffins at Elmer Racing, though, that’s nothing. Their latest four-banger is ...

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Pontiac's old Super Duty performance program used to be one of the best in the business. High-performance parts for Pontiac racers and street heroes were available across the counter, but things are a ...

Q: I’m considering a Ford Explorer for my next vehicle and have some concerns about the 4-cylinder engine. My last Explorer, many years back, had a V-8 engine. Will the 4-cylinder engine hold up? (The ...

A: I recently spent some time in the Ford Explorer with the 4-cylinder EcoBoost engine. After driving it for a day, I stopped and opened the hood just to verify that it was actually a 4-cylinder ...