Top budget upgrade: Cold air intakes lead Jalopnik’s list of sub-$1,000 horsepower mods for their ease, cost, and noticeable gains. Other strong options: Cat-back exhausts, ECU tunes, and performance ...

Automotive engine technology has come a long way since Carl Benz put a one-cylinder 2/3 horsepower engine on the Patent Motorwagen in the late 19th century. Modern engines are cleaner-burning, highly ...

The LUK is a hybrid engine system produced by General Motors for compact, midsize, and full-size vehicles. Displacing 2.4 liters in an I4 configuration, the LUK is part of the Ecotec engine family. It ...

General Motors' modern Ecotec engine family first saw the light of day in 2000, when a 2.2-liter inline-four making 147 hp debuted for global use in the Opel Astra — the German brand was a GM ...

General Motors is developing an all-new global engine family of smaller capacity petrol motors, called Ecotec small gas engine. These engines, which will power GM cars worldwide, will offer improved ...

General Motors said it will invest more than $494 million in three U.S. plants to produce the next generation of its fuel-efficient Ecotec engine. The move marks GM's focus on fuel consumption and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. General Motors is one of the most storied and well-established automakers on the planet. Sure, it might have ruffled some feathers ...