Some are mechanical "poetry." Others are unglamorous workhorses that made the brand’s reputation for durability possible.

Honda is renowned for building some of the best four-cylinder engines in the world. Here is what makes them so great.

Honda expects its new Advanced VTEC system to hit production vehicles in 2009First it was VTEC. Then it was i-VTEC. Now there's Advanced VTEC, Honda's latest engine development. Promising to improve ...

My friends and I thought about swapping a DOHC VTEC B-series engine into one of our '88-'91 Civic hatchbacks not long after Honda began selling the '92-'93 GS-R. We were pimple-faced, young and ...

One car that has long been on my drive-before-I-die list is the Renault Clio V-6 Sport. When I saw it on Top Gear as a kid, the inherent stupidity of sticking a 250-horsepower V-6 in a pedestrian ...

Nigel first entered the world of automotive journalism in the mid-80s, working for what was then the “bible” of weekly automotive content - Motoring News. Those were the days of tip-tap typewriters, ...

VTEC is an acronym for a variable valve-timing system used on Honda and Acura models since 1989. The full name is variable valve timing and lift electronic control, and the first U.S. model with VTEC ...

We tested the Honda City 1.5 i-VTEC CVT in busy Delhi traffic with a full load and AC on to see how it performs compared to ...

I'd heard the jokes about VTEC kicking in. I'd come across a meme or two. But until I was sitting two feet from a mid-mounted VTEC motor in a 1,950-pound Italian roadster, I didn't understand how life ...