While the fashion in high-tech automotive developments might lean towards hybrids and electric vehicles at the moment, there’s still plenty of scope to improve the good old internal combustion engine ...

Jonathan loves just about anything with a motor and a steering wheel. As a kid, Jonathan collected any kind of toy car he could lay his hands on, and begged his parents to take him to the monster ...

It's only teasing a bit of information for now, but it will be properly unveiled during this year's Paris Motor Show. Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car ...

Infiniti has revealed an engine concept this year, and it is of the variable compression kind. While not the first of its type as a concept, this motor might bring a new line of internal combustion ...

Over the course of a round-table discussion and a separate private interview with Alain Raposo, Alliance global vice-president, powertrain and EV engineering and Shinichi Kiga, chief powertrain ...

Infiniti showed off a slightly updated Q50 yesterday at the Paris Motor Show, but nobody gave a damn because right next to it was this: the first ever production-ready variable compression-ratio ...

While significant attention is being paid to battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell powertrains, carmakers are still trying to wring more efficiency out of internal-combustion engines. Now, Infiniti ...

Turbocharging has mostly not lived up to its billing of being the savior of internal-combustion engine technology. Earlier this decade, facing increasing fuel economy requirements, automakers rushed ...

An interesting patent has been filed by Toyota for an engine with variable compression. The patent is for an engine with variable length connecting rods. The connecting rod features two hydraulic ...

Though it ain't quite broke, the modern internal combustion engine could stand to see some fixing. Sophisticated as it might seem, a car's engine is still highly inefficient. Fuel infectors and ...

The ability to vary an engine's compression ratio has been a "holy grail" quest of engine engineers for decades, because "one size" of compression ratio cannot possibly fit all the operating ...

Infiniti's new Variable Compression Turbo is the centerpiece of this crossover. Variable compression engine sounds like something you’d hear from a super villain describing his latest contraption. At ...