Why Turbo Engines for the Porsche 911 Targa Are Like Sofia Vergara Doing a Striptease
7 Oct 2015, 12:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The 911 Targa is going to sell like hotcakes. It also brings rear-wheel steering and a standard PASM system. SOfia Vergara on wheels?
Dodge SRT Could Kill Hellcat V8, 6.4L Hemi in 2019, Replace Them with 600 HP Twin-Turbo V6
26 Aug 2015, 21:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When we first heard the Hemi-killing rumor, we didn't want to talk about it. But with the new twin-turbo V6 rumour, it all seems inevitable
LOL: Porsche Boxster Spyder Facelift Photographed by Man in the Trunk of a BMW
21 Aug 2015, 09:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Boxster Spyder probably has a new flat-4 turbocharged engine with 370 horsepower. This video clearly shows it's ready to debut in Frankfurt
Entry-Level Audi R8 Said to Offer 2.9-Liter Twin-Turbo V6 with 450 HP
5 Aug 2015, 16:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The R8 V6 could cost aboubt €130,000 and compete with Porsche's 911 GTS. We don't think it will come out before 2017 though
Porsche Boxster and Cayman Facelift Models All Getting 2-liter Turbo Engines with 240, 300 and 370 HP
1 Aug 2015, 12:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The fact that the Boxster and Cayman have the same size of engine as a Golf GTi will take some getting used to, but this is what the market demands
2016 Porsche 911 Facelift Turbocharged Engine Details: 2.7L Carrera and 3.4L Carrera S
31 Mar 2015, 16:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / That's right - 2.7 liters and 3.4 liters are the exact capacities used by the current Boxster and Cayman engines (standard and S models)
2017 10th Generation Honda Civic Getting 1.5-Liter Turbo VTEC Engine
13 Mar 2015, 09:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Honda’s global R&D head Yoshiharu Yamamoto is quoted as saying that “downsized turbocharging will be the base, even for the Civic”
Porsche Cayman Facelift Spied: There’s a Flat-Four Turbo in Here
6 Oct 2014, 14:52 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Take a good look at the Porsche Cayman Facelift test car shown in the adjacent images. As always with Zuffenhausen’s mid-cycle revamps, the visuals can be overlooked, but make no mistake, this...
New Hyundai i20 Will Get 1-Liter Turbo Engine in 2015, We Check It Out in Paris
3 Oct 2014, 14:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Along with the new i20 supermini, Korean carmaker Hyundai also has a brand new engine to show at the Paris Motor Show today. It's called the Kappa 1.0 T-GDI, their first downsized small turboch...
Why the Porsche Boxster's Downsized Turbo Engines Aren't a Big Deal
10 Sep 2014, 16:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Launched in 1996, the Porsche Boxster is one of the longest lasting Stuttgart creations. Its debut precedes that of the Cayenne by six years and the Panamera by a massive thirteen. The little roadst...
Where art thou, fast-paced future?
23 Aug 2014, 07:57 UTC · By: Charles Darveight / Flashback from 20 years ago: there we are, riding in the rather underwhelming cars of those days, daydreaming about a better time when we would zoom around in faster, more powerful and safer vehicle...
Porsche Four-Cylinder Boxer Engines to Go from 1.6 to 2.5 Liters
3 Jun 2014, 09:36 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Back in March, Porsche CEO Matthias Muller confirmed working on a four-cylinder boxer engine family. Alas, the CEO was tight-lipped regarding the details, only explaining the maximum output will sit...
Next Porsche 911 GT3 Could Reportedly Go Turbo, We Don't Buy It
30 May 2014, 07:03 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Coming straight from the darkest corners of the industry is a rumor that tells us the next Porsche 911 GT3 RS could go down the turbocharging route. We all know Porsche is currently testing new turb...
Turbo Lexus IS 200t Will Happen - Trademark Registered in Australia and Europe
29 May 2014, 13:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Recently we were wondering how great would it be for everyone if Lexus would ditch the 2.5-liter V6 engine from the IS in favor of the all new 2-liter turbocharged unit. Well, our little imagination...
Is Jaguar Testing a 4-Cylinder F-Type on the Nurburgring?
15 Apr 2014, 19:30 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Listen carefully to the exhaust sound of the Jaguar F-Type test vehicle in the video below. To our ears, it appears that this is less than what the F-Type V6 has to offer in terms of aural treatment...
How Audi Plans to Reinvent the Petrol Engine
31 Mar 2014, 12:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Audi’s engineers are currently working overtime to develop the carmaker’s next-generation petrol engines and, as usual, the Germans have quite a plan. The entire VW Group is looking to b...
Porsche Confirms Four-Cylinder Boxer Engine: Up To 400 HP
24 Mar 2014, 09:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Talks of Porsche working on a four-cylinder engine have been going on for quite a while and CEO Matthias Muller has come to confirm that the company is working on such a powerplant. Muller said t...
Opel Announces 90 HP 1.0-liter 3-Cylinder Turbo
17 Feb 2014, 09:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It was August 2013 when Opel / Vauxhall introduced a new downsized engine. Back then, they announced a three-cylinder 1-liter unit relying on turbocharging to deliver 115 HP. Hold you horses everyon...
MINI Announces New One Hatch with 1.2 Turbo
31 Jan 2014, 09:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Downsizing has not been MINI's thing, their popular little hatchback having stayed in production through most of 2013 with an engine range made almost exclusively of 1.6-liter units. How very 2...
GM and Opel SIDI Engine Family Explained
10 Oct 2013, 18:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Opel is the name of GM's European crisis. While US safe risen hugely in the past few years, and Chinese market sales are bolstering their numbers, the slump in Europe is hurting them to the poi...