Kia has steadfastly defended its choice to stick with a 2.2-litre four-cylinder turbodiesel engine (154kW/440Nm) for the launch of its new Kia Tasman ute, despite larger displacement engines and now ...

Chevy's Vortec 8100 — AKA the L18, AKA the Vortec 8.1 — was the last of The General's big block V8s, a line of engines that traced its lineage clear back to the fire-breathing muscle cars of ...

If you showed me a picture of this 2017 Ford Super Duty and told me it had an engine swap, I would never guess what was under the hood. I thought I’d seen everything up to this point, like older ...

The 8.1 Vortec was GM's weapon against the 8.0-liter Dodge V10 and the 6.8-liter Ford V10 gasoline engines that emerged in the 90s. During this period, the 7.4-liter 454 (Vortec 7400) V8 was the ...

Speaking of towing capacity and general reliability, few engines could be considered more capable than the 8.1 Vortec. This large block V8 engine is famous for high power and torque; it was installed ...

When it comes to very high displacement engines, some of the biggest are the GM 8.1L Vortec V8 and the Dodge 8.0L Magnum V10. We matched them up head-to-head.

The GM Vortec 8100 is the most reliable big-block V8 engine ever made. It has 340 horsepower and 455 lb-ft of torque. This engine was used in heavy-duty trucks and SUVs, featuring a strong 18-bolt ...

A lawsuit against GM over alleged excessive consumption of oil by Generation IV 5.3L Vortec 5300 V8 engines used in a range of Chevy and GMC vehicles has been decertified as a class action suit by ...

If you are considering buying a 2025 Ram 1500 Big Horn with the base V-6 engine, only do so if your goal is to pay as little money as possible. Or maybe just don’t. The entry-level engine just ...

In fact, he's already swapped big block Vortec motors into classic C4 and C5 Vettes. But those were like Matchbox toys compared to the mid-engine, European-adjacent Corvette C8.

However, one GM platform big block Vortec engine held its own. The Vortec 8.1 (also known as the Vortec 8100 or 496) stayed in production for heavy-duty GM vehicles all the way until 2007.