With only a few moving parts -- two-strokes lack complex ... can lead to valve or piston failures. In 1968, the VW air-cooled 4-cylinder engine became the first to offer electronic fuel injection ...

When air-cooled engines are mentioned, we tend to think of the VW Beetle or Porsche 911, but plenty of other cars featured them as well. First introduced in 1948, but discontinued by 1950.

Introduced in 1957 as a counterpart to the West German VW ... of parts to assemble have helped the engine remain reliable. Thanks to its relatively simple design, Harley-Davidson's air-cooled ...

For decades, the massively popular Volkswagen Type-1 Beetle and the Type-2 VW Microbus or Transporter were powered by a unique air-cooled boxer engine. The Volkswagen air-cooled engine is ...