The story of how Honda developed an oval-piston race engine that ultimately failed but still made history along the way.

Engines have remained fairly true to form over the years without a lot of unusual changes, but a new Ferrari design could change everything.

Ferrari has signaled a willingness to challenge one of the most fundamental assumptions in engine design by filing a European ...

Ferrari is exploring a groundbreaking approach to the internal combustion engine, as revealed by a recent European patent filing. Departing from the industry-standard round pistons, this new design ...

When we here in the modern age think of an “engine,” we are usually thinking of a four-stroke, four-cylinder, gasoline-fed, internal-combustion engine with the valves on the top. But why must that be ...

Piston-driven aircraft are significantly more affordable to purchase than turboprops, with models generally ranging from $100,000 to $1 million. Training and certification for piston planes are less ...

Give it wheels and a steering mechanism, and people will try to power it with anything they can. Visionary (and not-so-visionary) tinkerers and engineers have experimented with everything from steam ...

Less maintenance and a smoother operation are just a few benefits of running hydraulic lifters in engines, which is why just ...

From sedans to SUVs, Honda uses turbocharged engines in some trims of many of its passenger vehicles. Most, like the Accord, Civic Si, and CR-V use various iterations of the 1.5-liter inline four ...