Discover the reasons behind the declining popularity of V6 engines in the automotive industry.

The 2020 Corvette C8 did more than move its engine behind the seats. It took a layout long reserved for exotic badges and turned it into something a lot more people could realistically buy and drive ...

MV Agusta revives a dual-crank engine design with a radical five-cylinder square concept, proving that internal combustion innovation is alive and well. The square engine layout uses dual crankshafts ...

Gazoo Racing president reveals prototype testing has begun on a new mid-engine sports car, set to launch in 4-5 years with over 400 horsepower.

The popularity of various engine designs typically fades over time as technological advances provide more power, better fuel economy, or both. Flathead designs gave way to overhead valves, and inline ...

The mighty inline-6 (also known as a straight-six or I6) was once a common sight, powering any number of models from around the world. In the last few decades, however, the V6 has more or less ...

Honda has come up with a electronic forced-induction V3 motor that we’re probably going to see in a future sportbike. Honda revives the rare V3 engine layout with a modern, four-stroke, ...

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 ...

The 1980s saw the introduction of many memorable sports cars, including the following five mid-engine supercar icons. Though the weight distribution advantages of the mid-engine layout had been proven ...

However, it was clear this flawed engine design was not going to do the heavy lifting for GM going forward. The oil crisis had sparked critical GM vehicle downsizing programs, such as the compact ...

Note: It’s purely MotoGP. Now that we have that clarified, here’s the big breaking news: Yamaha recently declared that it was formally retiring its iconic inline-four "big-bang" M1 – the same platform ...