Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

Classic V8 engines have a very distinct sound that modern engines seem to have lost over the years. How did automakers achieve this sound?

Five is alright, but six is better. For the sixth-generation Camaro, Chevrolet prepared some goodies for its contender in the muscle car wars. Before talking accessories, we want to highlight that the ...

The sounds of the automotive world are as diverse as the cars from which they emanate, with certain engine notes being almost instantly identifiable. For instance, there's no mistaking the deep, ...

In either the 1850s or 1860s, German physicist Hermann von Helmholz created a device to analyze sound. In 2005, that same sort of device made its way into the airbox of the new 3.8-liter flat-six of ...

Fake exhaust notes are becoming a trend with carmakers recently. The trend started once sports cars became more and more silent as their platforms progressed. While customers who cared about cars with ...

Engines like to breathe, but Ford Motor Company had multiple considerations in mind when designing the air intake system on 1996-2004 Mustangs. Besides their performance targets, Ford engineers had to ...