Some car enthusiasts see the engine as its centerpiece, the jewel in the crown that should be proudly displayed wherever possible. Modified, high-performance cars often have a blower, shaker scoop, or ...

A publisher of repair manuals reports that owners are discouraged by plastic engine covers. The CEO provides some amusing alternative uses for the covers. Covers can be removed without voiding a car's ...

Modern engine bays are filled with black plastic where bright cast aluminum once sat, and few parts symbolize that shift more ...

They don't make them like they used to is a song title by American country singer Kenny Rogers and one that is in direct correlation with the production of modern vehicles. There is a vast chasm in ...

Gone are the days when most cars wore their hearts on their valve covers. Tidy simplicity has given way to plastic soul and the art of the cover-up. It's time to revolt: Kill this junk. Kill it now.

General Motors began its initiative to recycle plastic water bottles from the Renaissance Center and various manufacturing facilities with a goal to repurpose the plastic for its own business needs.