In the 1970s, two of the world's most acclaimed and magnificent automakers built eight-cylinder engines with only two liters of displacement. For reference, that's less than a 2005 RAV4's little ...

Turbocharging followed a long road to become mainstream in engines like Ford and Lincoln's EcoBoost. The first patent for a turbocharger was issued in 1905, but the metals and bearings available at ...