In the world of upgraded and redesigned pickup trucks, new vehicles normally do not get a new powertrain at the same time. This was not the case with the redesigned-for-2016 Toyota Tacoma; it received ...

You might have heard of an Atkinson cycle engine, or even own a car with one fitted - after all, plenty of car models have them. The Atkinson cycle engine is nothing new, as the man it’s named after, ...

More and more, manufacturers are using engines that take advantage of what's called the Atkinson cycle for engine combustion, especially with hybrids. A great example is the new-for-2017 Toyota Prius ...

Toyota has announced the development of two hyper-fuel-efficient small-displacement petrol Atkinson cycle engines: a three-cylinder 1.0-liter and four-cylinder 1.3-liter which will be introduced ...

Like countless other 19th-century inventors, entrepreneurs, and tinkerers, British engineer James Atkinson sought ways to improve on the Otto four-stroke combustion engine, first produced in 1876. The ...

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. will unleash a blitz of 14 new gasoline engines through 2015 in a long-awaited powertrain overhaul that aims to boost fuel efficiency by at least 10 percent. The push ...

Toyota has launched two new small-displacement, Atkinson cycle engines that get 78 mpg. Built to power the Japanese-automaker’s Aygo commuter and the 2015 Lexus RC F, respectively, the new ...

Slated to go on sale in the near future, the 2017 Kia Forte is better in every single way compared to its predecessor. The biggest changes comes in the form of a more efficient engine and an updated ...

Certainly the most common is the Otto cycle, or spark ignition engine, or gasoline engine. The Diesel cycle has certainly seen rejuvenation of late and will be the topic of another column. The two ...