Runge Cars of Minnesota has released its latest creation, an air-cooled 5.3-liter flat-eight engine. Destined to power a lightweight, mid-engined supercar called the Runge R3, it'll also fit in the ...

The Porsche flat-six, long a symbol of precision and performance, has quietly outlasted expectations by enduring far beyond ...

In the performance world, there are only three cars left with a turbocharged flat-four engine. They are the Subaru WRX, Porsche Boxster, and its hard-topped sibling, the Cayman. According to Porsche, ...

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In Porsche’s long and storied history, few mechanical creations have reached the mythical status of the four-cam flat-four engine. Born in the crucible of motorsport in the early 1950s, it was a ...

Car companies used to have an obsession with the number 12, especially in Formula 1. The siren song of a duodecimal engine has ensnared many an automaker, resulting in shrieking double sixes with ...

Subaru has long raced a BRZ-bodied car in the GT300 class of Japan's Super GT championship, a program that is set to continue into 2026. In the past, the car was powered by a four-cylinder engine like ...

You probably haven’t heard of Runge Cars, a small outfit from Minnesota with a knack for doing things its own way, but you may want to start paying attention. This unassuming builder has just revealed ...

Although Subaru didn't invent flat engines, and isn't the only automaker still using them, those motors have become a defining characteristic of the brand. (The same can be said for all-wheel drive, ...