I'd heard the jokes about VTEC kicking in. I'd come across a meme or two. But until I was sitting two feet from a mid-mounted VTEC motor in a 1,950-pound Italian roadster, I didn't understand how life ...

Ever heard your fanatic Honda buddy say, "VTEC just kicked in!" and not had a clue what they're talking about? At this point, VTEC almost feels like one of those memes that's been parroted so many ...

Lately, it's been all about the head swap. In November '04 we constructed a 2.0-liter CR/VTEC motor that never had the chance to dyno. Then, in the 2005 March and April issues we let loose our ...

The classic problem facing high-performance street cars has always been how to maximize performance without sacrificing driveability. Short of power-adders like turbos or nitrous oxide, significant ...

Honda’s VTEC system is almost as famous as the brand itself. It is steeped in many myths from motorsport, street racing, motorbikes, and even supercars. VTEC is found in any Civic Type R, the ...

The fifth-generation Honda Prelude was already a solid front-wheel drive coupe, but who could have predicted that one day, we’d see something like this on the market? At first glance, it’s clear that ...

Is it possible that 30 years have gone by since Honda started importing its little Civic to the U.S.? If you owned one of those first-generation Civics or had a friend who did, you no doubt remember ...

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 ...

Jonathan loves just about anything with a motor and a steering wheel. As a kid, Jonathan collected any kind of toy car he could lay his hands on, and begged his parents to take him to the monster ...