6 cylinder engines, no matter inline-6 or V6, are inherently smoother than 4-cylinder inline engines because all the first order and second order forces can be balanced. However, most small cars do ...

Steering is very important to a car because it is the interface that the driver touches most. What makes a car's steering better than another? It is usually judged by several factors: directness, ...

The 1907 Silver Ghost promoted Rolls-Royce to the top of luxury cars making. For half a century, most people regarded Rolls-Royce as the best luxury cars in the world. However, fames and traditions ...

Lancia was crowned world rally champion 11 times between 1972 and 1992, making it the most successful manufacturer in WRC history. This glorious history started with Fulvia Coupe HF in the mid-1960s.

Cam-phasing VVT is the simplest, cheapest and most commonly used mechanism at this moment. However, its performance gain is also the least, very fair indeed. Basically, it varies the valve timing by ...

The first time I heard about twin-scroll turbo was in 1989, when the updated Mazda RX-7 Mk2 introduced this feature. It was employed to seperate the exhaust gas from the Wankel engine's two rotors in ...

Manual transmission might be almost dead in the USA – only 4 percent of all new cars sold there are equipped with stick-shift – but in the rest of the world it is still the choice of the majority. For ...

In March 2005, the legendary John Z. DeLorean died at the age of 80. He will be remembered for two things: 1) He created the first modern muscle car, Pontiac GTO, when he was a senior executive at GM.

Ram air intake is perhaps the simplest kind of forced induction. When the car is travelling at speed, air will be forced into the intake manifold through the ram air inlet which usually locates at the ...

As shown in the picture, straight-6 engine is simply a pair of 3-cylinder engines mated together symmetrically, thus piston 1 is always in the same position as piston 6, piston 2 the same as piston 5.

A refined engine should be smooth running, free of vibration and quiet. These qualities also help the engine to spin freer at high rpm, lifting red line hence power output. Engine smoothness depends ...

As shown in the picture, straight-6 engine is simply a pair of 3-cylinder engines mated together symmetrically, thus piston 1 is always in the same position as piston 6, piston 2 the same as piston 5.