Next Subaru WRX May Get Electric Turbo System
3 May 2012, 12:52 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The current Subaru Impreza WRX is a masterpiece of rally-bred technology which can be easily used on the road, to great effect. It’s boxer engine has been turbocharged ever since its inception...
Porsche to Offer Turbocharged Engines on a Larger Scale
29 Mar 2012, 13:00 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / More and more automotive producers are ditching natural aspiration for forced induction in a quest to make their petrol engines more efficient and when this involves "normal" cars we ...
Hyundai Presents New 1.2-liter Turbo Engine
13 Mar 2012, 13:38 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The downsizing trend is spreading further and further with the latest automotive producer to present an engine that follows this being Hyundai. The South Korean automotive producer recently introduc...
2013 Chevrolet Malibu Turbo Coming
9 Mar 2012, 16:36 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Chevrolet recently announced that the 2013 Malibu will get a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine, with the downsized unit set to offer a boost of efficiency to the vehicle.We are talking about a powerpla...
Dodge Dart SRT4 with 300 HP Coming
31 Jan 2012, 18:06 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Chrysler Group is placing a lot of eggs into the new Dodge Dart’s basket and in order to back the vehicle’s Alfa Romeo genes with some serious fire power, Dodge’s SRT division ...
Lamborghini Dismisses Turbocharging: Next Gallardo to Keep Natural Aspiration
30 Jan 2012, 13:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / More and more automotive producers, even in the premium league of the auto industry, are switching from natural aspiration to turbocharging, trading a linear power delivery and a more special sound ...
Toyota To Shift Focus from Hybrids to Downsizing
23 Jan 2012, 17:40 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Since Toyota is in the battle for the title of the world’s No. One automotive producer, the company must also play in the eco field and so far, the carmaker has placed all its eggs in the hybr...
New Mazda MX-5 to Use 1.3-liter Turbo Engine
5 Dec 2011, 08:53 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Mazda might be busy building a reputation for its new, efficient SkyActiv range of engines, but the company hasn’t forgotten about the sporty side of its spirit. One of the best representation...
2011 Vauxhall Astra VXR Official Info and Photos
4 Nov 2011, 10:04 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The world of hot hatches has just recieved an important new member, in the person of the Vauxhall Astra VXR, with the newcomer’s on-paper case looking extremely promising. Up front, we have...
Kenneth Moen's Toyota Supra Turbo Hillclimb Drifting is Insane
14 Oct 2011, 22:05 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We think that Kenneth Moen, the guy behind the wheel of the Supra Turbo you see in the adjacent video is simply unable to keep his car in a straight line. He just can't! You don't belie...
New Ford Downsized V6 Engine Coming
11 Oct 2011, 10:26 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The UAW contract recently signed by Ford has proven to be some sort of informational holy grail. So far, it has allowed us to find out that the 2013 Shelby GT500 will get a new supercharged V8 engin...
Range Rover Evoque Performance Version Being Tested
7 Oct 2011, 11:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Range Rover is currently considering building a performance version of the Range Rover Evoque, which would be powered by a modified version of the current Ford-based 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbo us...
Hyundai Veloster by PM Lifestyle Heading to SEMA
7 Oct 2011, 07:42 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Hyundai Veloster is set to be a crowd pleaser at the upcoming SEMA. We’ve recently showed you ARK Performance’s Veloster Turbo and now its time for a new project based on the same ca...
F30 BMW 3 Series Engine Range
30 Sep 2011, 12:35 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The most important new car that has not been unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto Show, but will arrive soon, has to be the F30 BMW 3 Series. The vehicle is set to be unveiled on October 14, in Munich, Ge...
650 hp VW Golf Daily Driver
29 Sep 2011, 16:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The downsizing trend means that we won’t see a V6 engine dropped in a hot hatch anytime soon, so all we can do to enjoy such goodies is to look in the past. Ad in some explosive tech tuning an...
New Subaru Turbo Engines Coming in 2012
23 Sep 2011, 15:36 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Subaru is planning to give us two turbocharged incarnations of its new-generation of four-cylinder boxer engines that use direct gasoline injection next year, with one of them being a 300 hp STI ve...
Fox Marketing 2012 Honda Civic Si Coming to SEMA
19 Sep 2011, 12:02 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While the European version of the 2012 Honda Civic has just arrived, the US incarnation of the car is already out there receiving tuning bits. To be more specific, Fox Marketing is working on a 2012...
BMW Patents Turbocharged V6 Engine
9 Sep 2011, 21:20 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When BMW exchanged the linear power delivery of a naturally-aspirated engine for the efficiency offered by turbocharging, a part of the fans understood. However, now the company seems to be willing ...
smart fortwo WeSC Presented ahead of Frankfurt Unveiling · Video
8 Sep 2011, 22:22 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The upcoming Frankfurt Auto Show will bring us plenty of interesting projects, also creating new connections and we are here now to look at such a development: meet the smart fortwo WeSC. Here�...
Honeywell Turbochargers to Come from Slovakia
31 Mar 2011, 09:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the rise of the China and India to the ranks of automotive superpower and investor's heaven, respectively, the countries in Eastern Europe, once a prime target for the suppliers and a...