Car companies signaled they were discontinuing V8 engines a few years ago. Now, they're making a big U-turn — and Detroit is ...

For decades, there was an unspoken hierarchy in the automotive world. If you wanted four-figure horsepower and a motorsport-derived high-revving engine, you went straight to look at the European ...

If there's one thing the American automotive industry is probably best known for, it's engines. Big ones, too, with plenty of classic, high-speed muscle cars from the 1960s sporting 400 cubic-inch V8s ...

Higher octane fuel resists engine knock under compression — it is not a cleaner or more powerful fuel for all vehicles. Modern knock sensors in post-2000 engines automatically compensate for ...