Rünge Engineering completed dyno testing on a 5.3-liter air-cooled flat-eight crate engine built to bolt into 1974-1989 ...

The Tatra T87 arrived in 1936 with its engine in the tail and a fin running down its back. That engine was an air-cooled V8 of 2,969 cc. Meanwhile, the body around it followed the science of airflow ...

Air-cooled engines were once commonplace in the auto and moto industries. The most well-known were the Porsche flat six, VW flat four, Corvair, and numerous motorcycle engines, from BMW to ...

Nigel first entered the world of automotive journalism in the mid-80s, working for what was then the “bible” of weekly automotive content - Motoring News. Those were the days of tip-tap typewriters, ...

Brett T. Evans has more than a decade of experience driving, writing about, and evaluating automobiles. His early career comprised writing about pre- and post-war classic cars, as well as late-model ...

If you haven't watched the video of Chris Harris driving the Tuthill Porsche 911k, do so immediately after reading this. The sound of its astonishing 11,000-rpm, air-cooled flat-six will haunt your ...

There was a time, long ago, when passenger vehicles used to be much simpler than they are today. There were many downsides of this era, safety chief among them, but there were some perks as well. They ...

Does anyone else remember when Jeremy Clarkson dropped a piano on top of an old air-cooled Porsche 911, then blasted it with a shotgun, threw rocks at it, and even doused its rear wing in acid before ...

In the long history of the Porsche 911, which model represents the most dramatic turning point? When asked this, many Porsche ...

Volkswagen owes its decades of success to the reliability and versatility of the iconic air-cooled flat-4 engine. From the company's 1930s origins at the behest of the German government, Volkswagen ...