American sports car fans usually argue about one thing above all: the launch. They obsess over 0 to 60 times, quarter-mile ...

Ford’s EcoBoost badge has become shorthand for small engines that hit like bigger ones while using less fuel, but it is often ...

A turbocharger in cars helps a small engine produce more power by pushing extra air into it. This means you get better ...

When two equal turbochargers work independently, it's parallel. If a small turbocharger operates at lower rpm, then a larger one at higher rpm, it's sequential.

Even BMW and Porsche aren’t making as much power from their comparable engines. Like the larger six-cylinder unit, this model punches above its weight, with six-cylinder levels of power and torque but ...

Although Subaru didn't invent flat engines, and isn't the only automaker still using them, those motors have become a defining characteristic of the brand. (The same can be said for all-wheel drive, ...

Or, you can just run the engine really, really fast, cranking the RPMs up and bumping the power output simply by pushing the ...

A turbocharger is the best power-adder by far. Not only do turbos harness otherwise wasted exhaust energy to drive the compressor, their modular nature lets compressor and turbine housings and wheels ...