Mazda is known for its innovations in mass-produced rotary engines in sports cars like the RX-7, but it wasn't exactly the first to utilize Wankel's design.

People tend to think of turbocharged engines as a relatively recent phenomenon, but American production turbo cars first hit ...

The world’s first mid-engine road car was built until the end of 1967, but several Jet 6 examples were sold throughout 1968. As a Matra model, the car did much better on the market, with 1,495 ...

The engine’s meager 36 hp managed to endow the car with a top speed of 70 mph (110 kph), a performance that caught the attention of Benz representatives, who later used Rampler's design for both ...

While the 1936 Mercedes-Benz 260 D is often credited as the first production car with a diesel engine, the full story goes back a bit farther and includes earlier prototypes — plus a surprise ...

He mounted a single-cylinder gasoline-powered engine on a custom-made frame of his own creation, building the first car. It had three wheels and was steered by a tiller. It was not fast, nor was ...

Earlier this year, I wrote about the very first Continuously Variable Valve Duration, or CVVD, system from Hyundai. I claimed it to be the first production engine with the technology. As did Jason ...

We take a look at some cool vintage GM assembly-line shots from the 1950s through the 1990s to see how our classics and hot rods were first built.

Frank won what was America’s first car race on Nov. 27, 1895, a 54-mile course from downtown Chicago to Evanston, Ill., and back. That created a demand for Duryea cars, and in 1896, the brothers ...