Dion Johnson's first outboard motor was a 2-horsepower Elgin built in 1952. "It was a great little motor. Not very fast, but I sure had a lot of fun with it," Johnson remembered of his teenage years ...

While auto engines are getting smaller and more efficient, marine outboards are packing on the cylinders. A year after introducing the "world's first V12 outboard," Mercury Marine followed up with ...