Explore how boxer engines really work, why they’re not just “flat” engines, and how Porsche and Subaru kept a 120-year-old design alive in some of today’s quickest cars.

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Engine technology and layout can be complicated, but the configuration of cylinders in engines plays a huge part in a car’s performance. The fantastic middle ground of engine cylinders is those with ...

In 1859, an event as significant as the advent of the wheel took place in Etienne Lenoir's workshop. The Belgian inventor converted a steam engine to ignite a mix of air and coal gas via a two-stroke ...