Runge Cars of Minnesota has released its latest creation, an air-cooled 5.3-liter flat-eight engine. Destined to power a lightweight, mid-engined supercar called the Runge R3, it'll also fit in the ...

The flat-eight engine, also known as an eight-cylinder boxer or horizontally opposed engine, is a rare configuration that was never used on a production car, although it was relatively successful in ...

Michal studies Automotive Journalism at Coventry University in the UK, and has been writing for CarBuzz since March 2025. He was nominated for student culture piece of the year recently and has been ...

You probably haven’t heard of Runge Cars, a small outfit from Minnesota with a knack for doing things its own way, but you may want to start paying attention. This unassuming builder has just revealed ...

Air-cooled engines were once commonplace in the auto and moto industries. The most well-known were the Porsche flat six, VW flat four, Corvair, and numerous motorcycle engines, from BMW to ...

One of the most hotly debated topics among Porsche enthusiasts is which is better: the air-cooled or water-cooled 911. The sports automaker had used an air-cooled engine across multiple generations of ...

One of the most recent entries in this series of articles focused on ten things gearheads should know about the Volkswagen Beetle, meaning this author can simply copy and paste from that story given ...

Now in its eighth generation, the 911 series has undergone a transformation that’s entailed—among other refinements—vastly increased output over the years. But the air-cooled, normally aspirated ...

There was a time, long ago, when passenger vehicles used to be much simpler than they are today. There were many downsides of this era, safety chief among them, but there were some perks as well. They ...