Does “the world’s first production-ready variable compression ratio engine” mean anything to you? For general automotive consumers, perhaps not a thing – at least, not yet. But that’s the big selling ...

Infiniti’s Variable Compression-Turbocharged petrol goes from 8:1 to 14:1, as required, to save fuel. We've had variable valve timing, downsizing with turbos, part-electric hybrids, cars which can ...

A gasoline piston engine that can dynamically change its compression ratio —that is, the amount by which the piston squeezes the fuel-air mixture in the cylinder—has long been a holy grail of engine ...

Infiniti’s revolutionary VC­T engine set for Paris debut next month. Bringing a variable compression ratio engine into the market has been one of biggest challenges in the history of engine ...

Compression: An automotive term used by everybody, forever. Let's get into some detail and maybe develop a better understanding. Pressure, and more pressure: It's a must-have to produce power within ...

Infiniti introduced the world's first variable compression-ratio engine, a technology it claims to have been working on for two decades, at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show. A variable compression-ratio ...

There's a reason it's called fossil fuel – archaic, out of date, and born of an era long, long ago. But while everybody tries to search for the next big advancement in alternative energy; be it hybrid ...

Nissan brought the first, and only, variable-compression engine to market. But its future doesn't look bright. Complexity in cars is a funny thing. It’s tempting to say that it’s all bad, that more is ...

Daniel Stafford;Nicholasville, KY: I've looked all over the Internet and asked the opinion of everybody I can think of, but I can never seem to get a definitive answer to my question. What is the ...

One of the key variables for an internal combustion engine is its compression ratio. This is the ratio of the maximum volume within the cylinder (when the piston is at bottom dead center) and the ...

In a world full of similarly priced compact luxury crossovers, one way to differentiate yourself is with what's under the hood. That's the approach Infiniti has taken with the all-new 2019 Infiniti ...