Why the Airbus A380's 4-engine layout costs airlines millions more per year than twin-engine rivals

Once a symbol of the peak of aviation, today the A380 is seen more as a liability than an icon. The main reason for this is ...

Toyota’s Reborn MR2 May Be Nothing Like The Sports Car You Remember

Toyota's long-awaited MR2 revival appears to be gathering momentum, and the reborn sports car could be different from the ...

The mid-engine MR2 is going AWD, and Toyota’s racing it to prove it works

With a mid-engine layout, and all-wheel drive, Toyota hopes to completely eliminate any possible understeer ...
Jalopnik

The Hot Vee Engine Layout Revolutionized Turbocharging, And This Was The First Carmaker To Use One

While Mercedes may have been the best at marketing the idea of "hot vee" turbo engines with the AMG GT, it wasn't the first production car to feature the concept — that honor belongs to the 2008 BMW ...
Top Speed

Toyota MR2 Revival: Mid-Engine AWD Sports Car Coming

A mid-engined, all-wheel-drive Toyota sports car is in development under the GR banner. This could be the MR2 revival fans ...
autoweek

5 ways the 2020 Corvette’s midengine layout led to a better Chevy small-block V8

As different as the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette is from its predecessors, there is one key point of continuity: It’s still powered by a naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V8, a direct descendent of the famed ...
autoevolution

Here are the Key Differences Between the LT1 and LT2 Corvette Engines

The Corvette is one of the most recognizable American vehicles of all time. It has been manufactured for more than sixty years, in eight different generations. The latest brings the most radical ...
AOL

Inline vs V Engine: The Choice That Changes How a Car Feels, Costs, and Performs

If you are shopping for a new car or motorcycle today, you will encounter several different types of internal combustion engines alongside the growing number of electric vehicles. One of the most ...
autoweek

Jaguar considering mid-engine layout for F-Type sports car

Jaguar’s F-Type sports car is being developed with a mid-engine layout, pitting the open-top two-seater directly against the Porsche Boxster when sales start in the 2005 model year. Boxster was always ...