The Volvo Whiteblock five-cylinder turbo engine from 2000s S60 and V70 models delivered 208 hp with legendary reliability, ...

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Daud Gonzalez is a lifelong car enthusiast and automotive writer with a specialty in modified and race-ready rides. He spends most of his time modifying his cars and ruining them in the process. He is ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I first fell for turbo-diesels many years ago. A sporty-looking Rover model arrived in the family garage in a dreadful state — the owner had ...

What does it take to keep those turbochargers spooling, and what might that cost you in terms of engine durability and reliability? When your rally enthusiast car pals are dissecting the most recent ...

Ever since turbochargers entered mainstream use in road-going, gasoline-powered cars — dating back to at least the first Porsche 930 Widowmaker of the 1970s — automakers have come up with all kinds of ...

Automobiles, as any mechanic will tell you, are complicated beasts. Enthusiasts, of course, will have a solid grasp of the jargon. They'll know at a glance what the unusual shape on that road sign ...

In 2016, BMW unveiled its 3.0-liter inline-six quad-turbo diesel engine. The story behind it isn't quite as important as where BMW got its brand name from, but the B57S (or B57D30S0, as it was ...

We live in a time when news of new internal combustion engines being developed doesn’t come along all that often. And even when they do, most of the time they don’t reveal a completely new engine, but ...

General Motors finds itself in the legal crosshairs following the filing of a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges catastrophic failures plaguing the automaker’s modern turbocharged 1.2L I3 ...