There isn't a manual transmission option for the new Honda Prelude, and some enthusiasts are super salty about it. I'm one of them. The Prelude came to popularity in the 80s and 90s with its powerful ...

Honda's Variable Valve Timing & Lift Electronic Control system, known as VTEC instead of the more accurate VVTLEC, is one of those things that various parts of automotive pop culture have glommed onto ...

My friends and I thought about swapping a DOHC VTEC B-series engine into one of our '88-'91 Civic hatchbacks not long after Honda began selling the '92-'93 GS-R. We were pimple-faced, young and ...

One upside of this “muffled” tune is that the powertrain doesn’t rob you when it comes to fuel economy. Front-wheel-drive ...

Honda expects its new Advanced VTEC system to hit production vehicles in 2009First it was VTEC. Then it was i-VTEC. Now there's Advanced VTEC, Honda's latest engine development. Promising to improve ...

Vast production numbers in a world that has forgotten them, these are some of the cheapest Japanese engines to source.

Honda’s famed VTEC system is a fascinating workaround to squeeze performance out of an engine designed primarily for efficiency. For those out of the loop, VTEC is Honda’s acronym for its Variable ...

The 2022 Acura Integra is an essential vehicle for the Japanese premium automaker. More than about reviving an iconic nameplate associated with nifty handling and high-revving four-cylinder VTEC ...

Honda offers an impressive array of powerplants in its American models. Here's what you need to know about all of them.

The Fiat X1/9 is one of those cars that could have been just about perfect if the company behind it had just pushed that little bit harder. Design? It rocked. Wedges were cool in the 1970s and the ...

The Up to Speed video series has jumped on the Acura Integra and all the VTEC goodness that goes with it. The sadly discontinued front-wheel-drive sporty hatch (and sometimes sedan) is especially dear ...

One car that has long been on my drive-before-I-die list is the Renault Clio V-6 Sport. When I saw it on Top Gear as a kid, the inherent stupidity of sticking a 250-horsepower V-6 in a pedestrian ...