Unless you drive a Wankel rotary, your combustion engine vehicle has pistons, and each of those pistons has three rings. Why is it always three?

There's more to piston shapes than you might think. Whether it's domed, flat, or dished, all pistons have their fair share of pros and cons when it comes to performance and efficiency. Understand that ...

There are three things an engine needs in order to run: fuel, spark and a place to burn. This place, a combustion chamber, must be fairly gas-tight or the pressures developed during burning will be ...

Throughout its short life, the automotive industry has made quick progress in many fields – from mechanical efficiency and build quality to assembly speed and volume. Chemistry is one of the crucial ...

Ferrari is exploring radical oval pistons that could shrink engines, boost efficiency, and reinvent how high-performance gas motors are designed for the next generation. For as long as internal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ferrari is exploring a groundbreaking approach to the internal combustion engine, as revealed by a recent European patent filing.