For years, Toyota Motor Corp. has put hybrids at the center of its powertrain-technology strategy, all but oblivious to the rapid fuel-economy advancements rivals have made in the humble gasoline ...

The other day I dropped my car off at a European specialist shop, and while I was there, a technician was working in the engine bay of a Mk7 Golf R, cleaning out carbon deposits off the intake valves.

We’ve talked about BMW’s plans to use direct water injection on its cars to decrease the engine temperature but so far we’ve been focusing on performance cars like the M4 GTS. As a matter of fact, ...

Port fuel injection and direct injection are similar but distinct systems, so why do some engine designs include both?

Mazda has taken the wraps off a new ‘downsized’ engine displacing just 1.3-liters but developing upwards of 83 horsepower and 83 pound-feet of torque thanks to a couple of neat features. The tiny four ...

Ralph Hanson December 18, 2008 Comment Now! General Motors has implemented new direct injection technology into the four-cylinder and six-cylinder engines found in the Chevrolet Equinox range, helping ...

What is gasoline direct injection and how is it different from traditional methods of getting fuel into your car's engine? Antuan Goodwin Senior Writer, Electrified Cars Antuan started out in the ...

Gasoline direct injection, or GDI, is one of the most crucial bits of technology in the modern internal combustion engine. In engines equipped with GDI, highly pressurized gasoline is sprayed directly ...

The big news at Mazda is a new family of direct-injection gasoline and diesel engines that will start to arrive in 2011. Mazda will make significant changes to vehicle platforms to accommodate the Sky ...

Ricardo, Inc. is a leading independent provider of engineering technology for several industries including military, automotive and power generation. Presenting at the U.S. Department of Energy's 2009 ...

A teardown of Honda’s R18 engine suggests that added complexity in modern powertrains may come at the expense of long-term ...

The horsepower produced by a V6 engine varies based on displacement and technology. A naturally aspirated V6 can produce ...