Ransom Eli Olds holds a special distinction among automotive pioneers: He has two vehicles and a rock band named after him. His most prominent namesake, obviously, was the Oldsmobile. But he later ...

The internal combustion gasoline engine -- we have a love/hate relationship with it. It creates a lot of pollution. It is incredibly inefficient. It spews carbon into the atmosphere. It makes us ...

This is how the combination of an engine, fuel, and air makes your car move, explained in plain English, in case you're not an engineer.

Strangely, this early serpentine setup never was factory-adapted for 350 diesels or any of the Olds gasoline engines. The last traditional Olds V8 gasoline engine, a 307, hung on through '90 in ...