The air-cooled VW engine seems like a distant thing of the past to most. That's easy to understand since the Beetle left the U.S. in the 1970s because it didn't meet crash safety standards.

Despite being famously panned by Ralph Nader in his book, "Unsafe At Any Speed," Chevrolet managed to sell tens of thousands of its air-cooled VW Beetle-fighting Corvairs between 1960 and 1969.

An air pocket can lead to your engine getting an inadequate amount of coolant, potentially leading to overheating. I may be dealing with this exact situation with my discount Volkswagen Phaeton ...

Volkswagen's new EA211 TSI Evo uses the Miller cycle, variable turbine geometry, and cylinder deactivation to maximize efficiency and torque in a small package.

This type of cooling system is generally used in engines fitted on motorcycles, scooters, three wheeler etc. This system allows air to directly make contact with the surface of engine.

Types of engine cooling explained. We explain the differences between air-cooled, oil-cooled, and liquid-cooled engines to help you understand how engine heat is managed in cars, motorcycles, and ...

Air-cooled engines were once commonplace in the auto and moto industries. The most well-known were the Porsche flat six, VW flat four, Corvair, and numerous motorcycle engines, from BMW to Harley ...

If liquid cooling isn't needed, then VW made the right choice in eliminating the complexity of that system. Air cooling, if adequate for the given type of battery chemistry, is far simpler and ...

Air-cooled engines feature cooling fins extending from the side of the cylinders and heads to help dissipate heat by having fast-moving air passed over them, and this can be done either by using a ...