While the fashion in high-tech automotive developments might lean towards hybrids and electric vehicles at the moment, there’s still plenty of scope to improve the good old internal combustion engine ...

It's only teasing a bit of information for now, but it will be properly unveiled during this year's Paris Motor Show. Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car ...

On paper, Nissan's variable-compression turbocharged engine should have been pretty awesome. Since it could change its compression ratio on the fly, it promised the power of a bigger engine when you ...

An interesting patent has been filed by Toyota for an engine with variable compression. The patent is for an engine with variable length connecting rods. The connecting rod features two hydraulic ...

Nissan brought the first, and only, variable-compression engine to market. But its future doesn't look bright. Complexity in cars is a funny thing. It’s tempting to say that it’s all bad, that more is ...

When the next-generation Infiniti QX50 crossover arrives next year as a 2019 model, it will be powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine introducing a technology never seen before in a ...

Infiniti has revealed an engine concept this year, and it is of the variable compression kind. While not the first of its type as a concept, this motor might bring a new line of internal combustion ...

The Porsche-Hilite technology is comparatively simple, and could be offered to every automaker if and when VCR comes to market. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

The QX50's engine can continuously alter its compression ratio from a punchy 8:1 to a fuel-sipping 14:1. Another week, another luxury crossover revealed. This time around, Infiniti has shown off its ...

Despite the turbulence Nissan has faced over the past few years, some of its technology is undeniably impressive. Perhaps the crowning jewel of this engineering power is its variable compression ...

Infiniti introduced the world's first variable compression-ratio engine, a technology it claims to have been working on for two decades, at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show. A variable compression-ratio ...