How Audi’s turbocharged inline-five became a rally legend, shaped performance cars, and survived as a cult engine before fading under modern rules. The inline-five engine balanced power, weight, and ...

There's a common phrase in the automotive sphere: "There's no replacement for displacement." But what does that mean, exactly? Well, an engine's displacement is measured by the volume of the ...

Rotary engines are a beautiful feat of engineering innovation in the world of internal combustion engines. They're compact, powerful, smooth, and high revving. The king of rotaries must then be the ...

An argument about what actually constitutes a 'supercar' would go on until long after combustion-engined wedges are even available to buy new. So consider the genre roughly defined here, not least ...

Engine discussions are not always limited to displacement, cylinder count, and horsepower. Sometimes discussions focus around the crankshaft debate, specifically cross-plane versus flat-plane.

The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long; we all know that. However, some of the newest engine designs are proving to be more like firecrackers than candles, judging from the number of ...

A contributor to CarBuzz since April 2025, Ben also was a finalist in The Intercooler Young Writer Compition in 2021, has done a placement with AutoCar, and runs his own independant automotive blog.

With a Master's degree in English Literature and six years of writing experience, Aayush has been contributing to TopSpeed for over two years. Since 95% of his personality is motorcycles, he goes ...