We recently covered how Nissan scored an acknowledgment from J.D. Power in the 2025 US Initial Quality Survey, with the maker ...

Variable compression engines have existed as concepts for a while, but none of them reached production. The new unit from Infiniti is close to series production, but we prefer to remain skeptical ...

Nissan is recalling nearly 443,900 vehicles across certain models under its brand and the Infiniti brand in the U.S. over a ...

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 ...

Under development at Nissan for 20 years, the Variable Compression – Turbo-- VC-T engine -- has a device that changes the distance the pistons travel in their cylinders by as much as 6 mm, or ...

That's because this compact five-seater features the world’s first variable compression engine. We’ve known about this clever system for a few years, but now it's finally entering the market.

Infiniti will launch the world's first production continuously variable compression ratio engine in 2018. The engine, a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline four called VC-T, will debut in the new QX50 ...

A manufacturing deficiency has caused Nissan to recall over 480,000 vehicles across the U.S. and Canada. According to the U.S ...

Nissan’s variable-compression turbo (VC-Turbo) is a unique engine capable of variable compression adjustment. Unlike traditional engines, which have a fixed compression ratio, the VC-Turbo engine ...

Infiniti will release the world’s first production variable-compression engine when it releases the 2019 QX50 midsize SUV sometime next year. Now we have some new details on the innovative new ...

Why variable compression ratio matters Today's gasoline-engine cars compress the outside air to about a tenth its original volume, a 10:1 ratio, inside each cylinder.

Nissan said in its announcement that a failed engine can lead to a “loss of motive power" and increase the risk of a crash.