My friends and I thought about swapping a DOHC VTEC B-series engine into one of our '88-'91 Civic hatchbacks not long after Honda began selling the '92-'93 GS-R. We were pimple-faced, young and ...

Honda's Variable Valve Timing & Lift Electronic Control system, known as VTEC instead of the more accurate VVTLEC, is one of those things that various parts of automotive pop culture have glommed onto ...

One car that has long been on my drive-before-I-die list is the Renault Clio V-6 Sport. When I saw it on Top Gear as a kid, the inherent stupidity of sticking a 250-horsepower V-6 in a pedestrian ...

Honda offers an impressive array of powerplants in its American models. Here's what you need to know about all of them.

I'd heard the jokes about VTEC kicking in. I'd come across a meme or two. But until I was sitting two feet from a mid-mounted VTEC motor in a 1,950-pound Italian roadster, I didn't understand how life ...

The first prototype in the Honda trifecta is the new HR-V, a European variant of the popular CR-V that marks Honda's entry into the European small SUV market. Designated solely for the European market ...

VTEC is an acronym for a variable valve-timing system used on Honda and Acura models since 1989. The full name is variable valve timing and lift electronic control, and the first U.S. model with VTEC ...

I was reluctant, but finally caved and decided to give VTEC a try. I 'm a non-VTEC guy. (Or just stuck in limp mode -AH) Some people just can't get their head around it. Call me a heretic. I don't ...

Honda’s VTEC technology is well-known for putting a little pep in the step of its engines. These days, it’s a bit of a tuner meme, prompting one YouTuber to recreate the system on a smaller scale.