If you look at aircraft from the Second World War or earlier, you'll notice that many of them have engines with large frontal areas and cylinders arranged about the propeller crankshaft. This a radial ...

The largest sin the original VW Beetle ever committed was sporting a drivetrain seemingly made of wet paper bags. So to say, it could have been better in the power department. Well, we're not sure ...

Power rating: 74.6 kW (100 hp) at 1,810 rpm Displacement: 6.1 L (372 cu in.) Bore and Stroke: 108 mm (4.3 in.) x 133 mm (5.3 in.) Kinner Motors, Inc. succeeded California’s Kinner Airplane and Motor ...

The 20th century was the age of the internal combustion engine. The fruits of industrial progress produced power plants tasked with everything from running generators to powering warplanes. The First ...

As the automotive propulsion industry shifts toward electrification, the last-of-breed combustion engines are a stultifyingly similar bunch, focused around the same CAD-optimized 500cc cylinder ...

The Meyers Manx is one of the most recognizable shapes in automobiledom, but the Manx recently featured on "Jay Leno's Garage" hides a surprise underneath the familiar bodywork. As a refresher, the ...