Tag: Under The Hood
Under The Hood: 2023 Honda Civic Type R
Under the vented aluminum hood of the 2023 Honda Civic Type R is a more powerful version of Honda's legendary K20C1 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbocharged engine. Horsepower is up to 315 at 6,500 rpm and torque is 3...
Under The Hood: 2024 Volkswagen Atlas
The 2024 Volkswagen Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport come with one sole engine starting this year, replacing the previous generation 2.0-liter four and the 3.6-liter VR6. Here is significantly redesigned “Evo4” EA888 2...
Under The Hood: 2016 Audi Q3 Quattro 2.0 TFSI
Because the the 2016 Audi Q3 is still based on the older A5 or Golf V architecture, it was not updated with the latest generation of the 2.0 VW/Audi EA888 engine. This means that it's one generation back of what most ...
Under The Hood: 2017 Volkswagen Passat 1.8
The standard engine now for the Volkwagen Passat is now the brand's 1.8-liter turbocharged four-cylinder EA888 mill, replacing the old naturally aspirated 2.5-liter five cylinder engine a couple years ago. And thou...
Under The Hood: 2021 Ford Bronco 2.7 EcoBoost
The 2021 and up Ford Bronco is available with the 2.7-liter “Nano' V6 twin-turbocharged “EcoBoost” engine. Here it produces 330 horsepower and 415 pound-feet of torque on premium fuel, 315 and 410 respectively if ...
Under The Hood: 2018-2021 Honda Accord Hybrid
The 2018-2021 Honda Accord Hybrid features a 2.0 liter Atkinson Cycle four-cylinder engine with dual overhead cams with i-VTEC variable cam timing and branded as “Earth Dreams”. It's factory engine code is LFA1. ...
Under The Hood: 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe PHEV
When you lift the hood of the 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe, it doesn't look a lot different at first glance than one with a standard 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine. In fact the engine itself is essentially ...
Under The Hood: 2021 Hyundai Elantra
For 2021 the all-new redesigned Hyundai Elantra base engine is a 2.0 liter naturally aspirated Atkinson Cycle four cylinder as equipped in trim grades SE, SEL and Limited as we have here. This engine has been used...
Under The Hood: 2022 Volkswagen Taos 1.5T
The 2022 Volkswagen Taos features the brand's latest generation EA211 1.5-liter turbocharged four cylinder gasoline engine, here with 158 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque. In our FWD Taos test vehicle it ha...
Under The Hood: 2017 Toyota Tundra 5.7
The 5.7-liter V8 engine in the Toyota Tundra pickup known as the 3UR-FE has been around as we see it since 2006 and is manufactured exclusively in Toyota's Alabama engine plant. It's the same engine you'll find und...
