Toyota's venerable turbodiesel remains a cornerstone for one of its most iconic vehicles.

Ask which is the most reliable BMW engine and the answer comes back as a code. B58. N52. M57. Those reputations are built on owner experience and service history rather than on any published failure ...

Rear-engined car models have been rare across automotive history, but many of them are historic and iconic. It's important to understand the difference between mid- and rear-engine placement and how ...

In some sense, cars are the forces that drive our world. They help us shorten distances, travel faster than we’ve ever thought possible, and make our lives degrees of magnitude easier. All of that was ...

You’re driving along in your car or truck and suddenly a yellow light illuminates on your dash telling you to check or service your engine. If you’re like most car owners, you have little idea about ...

Think of motor oil as the lifeblood of your car’s engine. Checking it on a regular basis is a key part of keeping your engine running well and getting the most miles out of it. The oil lubricates the ...

The 6.2-liter V8 Supercharged LSA is an engine that was produced by General Motors for use in high-performance vehicles. The LSA is part of GM’s fourth-generation V8 Small Block engine family, though ...

When it comes to engines, the term "block" can mean a few things. There's big block versus small block and short block vs long block, but at the heart of the matter is the engine itself. The ...

Whether you are looking to prep your car for sale, get it clean prior to mechanical surgery, or merely don't want to cringe when you open the hood, a little DIY cleaning will make a world of ...

Humans use hot cocoa, coffee, tea, whiskey, and chicken noodle soup to warm up their insides and defrost from the cold abyss known as winter. Cars use engine block heaters. For the most part, modern ...

To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring you some of the stories that exemplify the core of what HOT ROD is and reflect the brand's influence on America's car ...

The Government Accountability Office has identified repeated problems with US jet engine manufacturing, contributing to ...