It's V8 Month here at autoevolution. A month-long celebration of all the engines with eight cylinders arranged in a V-formation and all the wacky designs therein. That isn't just limited to things ...

Some of the world's most fascinating engineering designs didn't come from corporate design rooms with inspiration boards and cute espresso machines. Many came from impromptu sparks of genius, such as ...

Click to open image viewer. The Liberty's purpose was American mass production of standard engine units when the U.S. entered World War I. Co-designed in a week in mid-1917 by Jesse Vincent of Packard ...

Click to open image viewer. The Liberty engine was America's most important contribution to aeronautical technology during World War I. Jesse G. Vincent of Packard and Elbert J. Hall of Hall-Scott ...