In a market sector already inhabited by Studebaker and Rambler economy cars, the Big Three, Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler's compact car debut took place in late 1959. The new car buying public ...

As a division of General Motors, Chevy's long history with diesel engines began with the Oldsmobile 5.7-liter LF9 Diesel V8, which unfortunately gained notoriety for being unreliable and severely ...

It would be easy to assume that the most commonplace car engine in the history of the world is some utilitarian four-pot that has been used in everything from taxis to pick-up trucks, from Manchester ...

The V8 engine is a French invention. Popularized and mythologized in American form, it was patented by French engineer Leon Levavasseur, but the symmetry of eight cylinders pumping in concert appealed ...

However, it was clear this flawed engine design was not going to do the heavy lifting for GM going forward. The oil crisis had sparked critical GM vehicle downsizing programs, such as the compact ...

Its roots can be traced way back to the '50s.

Admittedly, this would be a much shorter article if we focused on the similarities of the Chevy 350 and the Pontiac 350 — because outside of their displacement, these are, for all intents and purposes ...