Once the Audi TT RS leaves production after this model year, just two cars will come equipped with five-cylinder engines, the Audi RS3 and (not-sold-in-America) RS Q3. Figure those two will be around ...

The five-cylinder engine is uncommon relative to the ubiquitous four-cylinder, six-cylinder, or eight-cylinder variants. As an odd-number engine, it certainly is in a class of just three such engines.

Photo: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Often ridiculed by many gearheads, four-cylinder engines can be as potent as those with twice as many cylinders. Follow us: Four-cylinders were among the first types of ...

Most automobile engines have an even number of cylinders, from the light and efficient I4 motors found in most economy cars to the more powerful V6 and V8 powerplants under the hoods of typical trucks ...

Now that smaller turbocharged engines offer better power and better fuel economy, smooth I6 engines are making their way back into engine bays. The three best for 2020, according to Ward's Auto, in ...

Imagine you’re in charge of powertrain develop­ment at Cosworth, the legendary English firm with fingerprints all over racing. Two separate automakers—Aston Martin and Gordon Murray Automotive—have ...

We don’t hear much from Kurdistan outside of conflicts between the Kurds in the north of Iraq and the Iraqi and Turkish governments. Turns out the region is the home of a relatively lively car blog ...

Six-cylinders are having a comeback moment. From Porsche’s flat-sixes to BMW’s turbocharged inline units to Maserati and AMG ditching V8s altogether, the layout is everywhere again. It wasn’t always ...