Dim’s fascination with cars began when he was just six. Born into a family of car enthusiasts and racing drivers, he started learning basic mechanics and driving from an early age. While he loves ...

The innovative engine appears to be a victim of its own complexity. It couldn't come at a worse time for Nissan. Nissan's variable-compression engine once held so much promise. The so-called VC-Turbo ...

On paper, Nissan's variable-compression turbocharged engine should have been pretty awesome. Since it could change its compression ratio on the fly, it promised the power of a bigger engine when you ...

Since 1998, Nissan has been working on a new kind of engine that could realize many automotive engineers’ dreams: an engine with a variable compression ratio. This was Nissan going against the hybrid ...

Harry Ricardo built the first known variable compression ratio engine as a test engine in the 1920s to study knock in aircraft engines. Variable compression ratio was achieved by raising or lowering ...

Nissan engineers have reportedly been working on the engine concept for more than 20 years, and the company claims to have filed more than 300 patents protecting the design and associated technologies ...