Some of the biggest advances in pickup truck powerplants over the past few years can be found under the hood of the lowliest base-model units. Consider the Ford F-150, Ram 1500, and Chevrolet ...

Automakers like Toyota, Mercedes, and Mazda are ditching V6 engines in favor of more efficient and cost-effective powertrains ...

We've been wanting to bring you a test report on one of the four General Motors "Special X" cars with a V6 powerplant for quite some time. Now we're glad we waited, because the particular car we just ...

Joel was previously an editor at Autoblog for nearly a decade, covering cars from humble economy hatchbacks to high-end sports cars. He has extensive driving experience with plenty of track time, and ...