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 ...

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 ...

Air-cooled engines are simpler, which means cheaper, and actually translates into more reliability. There aren't as many parts that can fail, and without the threat of overheating, they can pretty ...