The Chevrolet Caprice Classic with the big block 454 was born into a changing American car market, where full-size comfort ...

The Suburban that carried Chevrolet’s biggest big-block was a short-lived, heavy-hitting answer to the early 1990s horsepower ...

Abstract: Electric vehicles (EVs) are increasingly seen as a key element in the future of transportation. Consequently, substantial research efforts are focused on improving EV powertrain efficiency, ...

American automotive performance in the 1950s was a simple recipe. If you wanted to go faster, you didn't optimize what you had; you just added more to it. More displacement, more iron, more horsepower ...

The shackles are off. General Motors CEO Mary Barra recently stated that aggressive fuel economy standards nearly forced the company to "start shutting down plants" to comply. With those regulations ...

The Chevy 454 SS is expected to increase in value in the collector market over the course of the next year, joining a list of ten other enthusiast vehicles likely to "punch above their weight class ...

LS1 engine design highlights and basic specs, why it’s such a popular swap, and a basic timeline, from the C5 Corvette to its use in the Australian HSV heroes. The General Motors 5.7 LS1 engine was a ...

How big is one cubic inch? In physical size? Tiny, obviously. Even in terms of engine displacement, which we are about to discuss, a single cubic inch is almost nothing. It's an amount regularly ...