With 16 cars and 12 motorcycles, all air-cooled, this simple means of internal combustion finds the spotlight.

In 1968, the VW air-cooled 4-cylinder engine became the first to offer electronic ... It has been a leader in its field ever since, releasing many best-selling models such as its Ninja sportbikes.

Why the engines were air-cooled, so they could not ... and the KJ became the VW (Volkswagen, the people’s car) and a best-seller…until their factory was bombed in World War II.

That's because its engine has been replaced by a Ford ... One major upside of the water-cooled V8 replacing the VW's puny air-cooled pancake four is that the Ford mill probably puts out enough ...

Photo: Collecting Cars The first road-legal Porsche to feature a front-mounted, water-cooled engine, the 924 was initially powered by a VW/Audi 2.0 ... one of Porsche's best sellers.

Trust me, VW has a hit on its hands and that glowing VW roundel on the nose will signal to all comers that there’s a trendy buyer aboard.

They have sat down with Sun Motors to reveal the best cars Brit ... have taken its water-cooled, mid-engine layout as an affront to the brand's iconic rear-engine, then-air-cooled 911.

Porsche created the 914, which started off with VW 1.7 and 1.8-liter engines. Later ... had the unenviable job of replacing the original air-cooled classic with a modern water-cooled model.

Like many hybrids with CVTs this groans a lot under heavy acceleration, but no worse than my Subaru Outback’s boxer engine ... Ride is among the best for minivans, relatively smooth with ...

It sits lower in the chassis and, unlike the W16, which was developed and built in house by VW, the V16’s design, development and construction has been undertaken by Cosworth. The engine drives ...