With gas prices going through the roof and regulators requiring cars to be ever more miserly, Volkswagen is bringing new meaning to the term "fuel efficiency" with a bullet-shaped microcar that gets a ...

As a small, weird guy, I've always had a special affinity for small and weird engines. In the US, almost any 3-cylinder is shoved into these categories. Ford's new 1L Ecoboost engine may be the first ...

Long time ago, horsepower bragging rights came in cubic inches. American car ads in the '70s screamed "Dodge Charger with 426 Hemi" while European engineers measured the same thing in cubic ...

Today MINI surprised us with the unveiling of 2 new models and a huge photo gallery. Unfortunately for its fan-base, apparently the new One model will have a brand new 1.2-liter engine. The new ...

Using advanced imaging technology, researchers have ascertained the number of nanoplastics – bits of plastic smaller than a micrometer – in bottled water, finding that, on average, a liter contains ...

A recent study reveals that one liter of water, equivalent to two standard-sized bottled waters, harbors an average of 240,000 plastic particles from seven plastic types. Notably, 90% are nanoplastics ...

What if something as simple as an old plastic bottle filled with water could mean the difference between light and darkness? Rudimentary as it may sound, the almost no-cost solution is uplifting the ...

The motorcycle world is a very diverse one, in the way that there are many methods one can use to classify these vehicles. Generally speaking, the most common way to do that is based on their intended ...

While hot-rod traditionalists continue lamenting the Corvette’s switch to a mid-engine layout, others are tuning ’em up. There was never any doubt that the aftermarket would develop loads of bolt-on ...

Plastic pollution is a burgeoning environmental catastrophe. The hardy synthetic polymers that make up plastic allow it to linger for a while—with devastating consequences. The photos are ...