Putting into production an engine with a variable-compression ratio has been an elusive goal since the first patent for one was filed in 1928. Now, after nearly 100 years of failed experiments and ...

As we near the end of the road for internal-combustion engines, manufacturers are spending big money to eke out small gains in fuel economy. The latest miracle is Nissan’s VC-T engine, the first ...

Hong Kong-based car manufacturer Infiniti is set to reveal its first variable compression engine in September this year. The company, which is the posh arm of Nissan, has come up with a novel VC-T ...

We recently covered how Nissan scored an acknowledgment from J.D. Power in the 2025 US Initial Quality Survey, with the maker of the Altima being named the best mainstream brand to own, boasting fewer ...

Infiniti is turning up the heat with a new line-up of ‘S’ badged performance models – and is also planning a groundbreaking new variable compression engine that will offer V6 performance combined with ...

Nissan's luxury offshoot, Infiniti, has created the world's first production-ready variable compression engine that boasts the performance of petrol with the economy of diesel Infiniti Nissan's luxury ...

Infiniti will present a production-ready variable compression ratio engine, called VC-T, at the Paris motor show in late September. The concept could improve internal combustion engines in several ...

Nissan brought the first, and only, variable-compression engine to market. But its future doesn't look bright. Complexity in cars is a funny thing. It’s tempting to say that it’s all bad, that more is ...

In a conventional piston engine, the compression ratio defines the relationship between the largest and smallest volume of a cylinder - when its piston is at bottom dead centre and top dead centre ...