Discussing which engine is better between a straight-six and a V8 is something that feels like a plotline from The Fast and the Furious, if the franchise actually cared about cars. It’s “import versus ...

A little more than two months ago, a Rocket Lab employee called the Stennis Space Center Fire Department from the nearby E3 test stand. There was a grass fire where Archimedes engines undergo testing.

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Takashi Ayoma / Getty, Antonio Calanni / AP Formula 1’s car design revolution for 2026 is the biggest in a generation. Not only are the chassis designs ...

Car companies have been re-launching powerful V8 engines that were previously discontinued. Many high-powered trucks were removed from the US market as car companies switched to more fuel-efficient ...

Marine engines and automotive engines are as different as Steinway pianos and comedy keyboards that operate by squeezing loud, well-tuned hamsters. They may look the same on the outside, but there's a ...

We share the real reason why modern engines are failing in cars from Toyota, GM, Hyundai, Kia, and Nissan. We cover the major engine recalls from the Toyota Tundra engine failures, GM 6.2L V8 engine ...

Boom Supersonic is putting its engine technology to work on the ground to power the AI boom, and help fund development of its full-size Overture aircraft. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video ...

Engine recalls used to be the sort of thing most people never noticed unless they owned the vehicle in question. In 2025, they’ve become impossible to not notice. An absurd number of major recalls and ...

Considering the exterior, we’ve got to appreciate the effort Nelson Racing Engines put into cleaning and smoothing the engine block and cylinder heads. The whole engine looks like a show piece; all ...

How boxer engines work, why they’re not just “flat” engines, and a 120-year evolution traced from the 1899 Benz to the latest Porsche and Subaru boxers. Boxer engines feature flat, opposing pistons ...

Well, it turns out the humble number seven just doesn’t play nice with the laws of physics – or with accountants. One problem noted by Auto Motor under Sport in a recent article is that the crank ...

The Earth is much larger than most people realize. You need to use engines if you want to efficiently navigate large sections of the planet. Everything from cars to planes relies on engines, but they ...