DETROIT - Ask a performance enthusiast the best way to make a car go faster, and he'll probably say there's no replacement for displacement. A bigger engine is how you get more power to the wheels.

Introduced for the 2006 model year, the Pontiac Solstice was the corporate cousin to the Saturn Sky. Powered by the LE5 2.4-liter inline four, the Solstice generated 177 horsepower and 166 pound-feet ...

Developed by an international A-team of GM engineers and then refined by Lotus Engineering, the DOHC four-cylinder Ecotec is considered by the General to be the small-block Chevy of four-cylinders. A ...

Automotive engine technology has come a long way since Carl Benz put a one-cylinder 2/3 horsepower engine on the Patent Motorwagen in the late 19th century. Modern engines are cleaner-burning, highly ...

General Motors' modern Ecotec engine family first saw the light of day in 2000, when a 2.2-liter inline-four making 147 hp debuted for global use in the Opel Astra — the German brand was a GM ...