Diesel engines, for all their rugged usefulness, can be tremendously polluting. They produce more NOx — nitrogen oxides-based emissions – than gasoline-fed cars, as well as more particulates, aka soot ...

Craig has worked in automotive media for nearly 20 years, producing content for publications ranging from Autoline and AutoGuide to Roadshow by CNET and EV Pulse. Aside from writing, he’s also ...

11 lawsuits over GM’s 6.2L L87 V8 have been consolidated into a single class action, centered on engine failures tied to crankshaft and connecting-rod defects. More than 700,000 GM trucks and SUVs ...

Let's be clear here, and not for legal purposes: No engine is perfect, and all engines can fail catastrophically before reasonably expected. Ford's 6.2-liter V8, also known as the Boss engine, was in ...

The 6.2-liter V8 engine recall saga is far from being over and no real solution appears to be on the horizon. GM recalls nearly 600,000 trucks and SUVs for potential L87 engine failures. Dealers ...

GM is addressing reliability concerns with its small block V8 engine by introducing a new sixth-generation design.

General Motors recently announced a wide-ranging safety recall involving the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 L87 gasoline engine, affecting nearly 600,000 vehicles in the United States. While the recall ...

General Motors is now the subject of an NHTSA investigation after more than a thousand complaints were logged over sudden and catastrophic failure of some of its “L87” 6.2-liter V8s—a core power plant ...

General Motors is recalling hundreds of thousands of trucks and SUVs equipped with its 6.2-liter V8 engine. It turns out some internal components may have manufacturing defects, the kind that don’t ...

Jeep Compass and Renegade owners have faced transmission failures and engine problems well before typical major-service ...

There might be a general sense out there that modern cars are longer-lasting and less trouble-prone than older ones, and for many models, and by many standards, that may be true. This doesn't, however ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...