While electric vehicles are all the rage nowadays, internal combustion engines (ICE) can't be counted out entirely, especially among car enthusiasts — after all, gasoline power plants have come a long ...

Discover how Porsche's air-cooled flat-six boxer engine, from 1963-1998, defined the 911 and became the brand's signature ...

The configuration of an engine isn't just about power. Designers have to take size, shape, and available space into ...

Nobody is going to miss the two cylinders Porsche removed from the engine bay of its Boxster and Cayman — that’s the conclusion of this enthusiast after spending several days behind the wheel of the ...

How boxer engines work, why they’re not just “flat” engines, and a 120-year evolution traced from the 1899 Benz to the latest Porsche and Subaru boxers. Boxer engines feature flat, opposing pistons ...

First patented in 1896 by the father of the modern internal combustion engine, Karl Benz, the concept of a “flat” engine has been around since the concept of a powered four-wheeled automobile. Over ...