Porsche’s latest innovation, a patented W18 engine design, has captured the automotive world’s attention. This groundbreaking concept, detailed in a recent patent filing, promises to redefine ...

Porsche was issued a patent for its six-stroke combustion engine on October 22, 2024. The company describes the new engine as having a "working cycle" of three complete crankshaft revolutions with two ...

Porsche filed a patent for a new W-18 engine design that actually makes use of three cylinder banks, unlike some other W-branded engines, Carbuzz found. Not only does the patent account for up to 18 ...

Internal combustion engine development is far from stagnant these days, in spite of the advances in electric powertrains in recent decades—and this patent from Porsche concerning a W-style cylinder ...

Available in both naturally-aspirated and twin-turbocharged forms, the so-called “Mezger engine” was Porsche’s most impressive road-legal powerplant for nearly fifteen years. Hans Mezger was probably ...

While the swooshy-swooshy sounds of a turbocharger can be downright intoxicating, there is nothing quite like the feeling of a high-strung, high-revving naturally aspirated engine. When turbos get ...

German engineer Ferdinand Porsche already had experience working with Daimler-Benz when he set up his own firm in 1931. Later in the decade, he was hired by Adolf Hitler's government to design the ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

How boxer engines work, why they’re not just “flat” engines, and a 120-year evolution traced from the 1899 Benz to the latest Porsche and Subaru boxers. Boxer engines feature flat, opposing pistons ...