When Cadillac rolled out its Northstar V8 in the early 1990s, the company build an engine and built a marketing campaign around it. Every Cadillac equipped with the Northstar proudly wore a badge ...

Multivalve engines, particularly from Japan and Western Europe, have taken the auto world by storm in the last few years. Marketing experts working on behalf of the Japanese in the U.S. have done a ...

During the 1980s, Maserati experimented with a clever, 36-valve V6 gasoline engine, but for various reasons, the idea never ...

It's very easy to make fun of 1980s Maserati today. Its cars from this time haven't aged well, with styling that's a bit too 1980s and a reputation for less-than-stellar reliability. But at the time, ...

The hunt for efficient engine valve technology can be a never-ending journey into cam timing, various combustion cycles, and lift and duration adjustments. For that reason, some companies believe ...

The truly cool thing about internal combustion engines is there's always another creative way to skin the power/efficiency/emissions cat. Fiat's Multiair technology is a prime example. Even though ...