British car company Jaguar rose to prominence thanks to its brilliant straight-six engines. This was the last Jag to use one.

In today's globalized automotive landscape, the notion of a car being purely 'American' is increasingly complex. The American Automobile Labeling Act (AALA) provides clarity by mandating the ...

The title of largest engine ever installed in a production car goes to the Pierce-Arrow Model 66, built between 1910 and 1918. It was powered by a massive 13.5-liter straight-six engine, displacing ...

Rear-engined car models have been rare across automotive history, but many of them are historic and iconic. It's important to understand the difference between mid- and rear-engine placement and how ...

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 ...

Henry Ford built his first crude gasoline engine back in 1893, but the Ford Motor Company wasn't recognized as a true competitor in the automotive industry until 1904. Today, Ford remains one of the ...

We’ve reached a point where electrification is actually everywhere in automotive. People talked about it for a long time, insisting that our commuters and our go-fast performance cars alike would be ...