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 ...

Diesel engines have offered a fuel efficient alternative to gasoline powered engines for decades. So what was the first car with a diesel powerplant?

The modern world revolves around cars, and technology sure has come a long way. This is everything you should know about the first car ever invented.

He became known as a manufacturer of airplanes but left his mark on the automotive industry as the creator of what may very well be the first mid-engine production car, the Tropfenwagen.

The automatic transmission may seem like it's been around forever, but it's the product of some hard work. And, of course, ...

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.

That wasn’t all the Duryea brothers were first in doing. 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.

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 ...

NASCAR unveiled its first electric racecar Saturday in downtown Chicago, but it doesn’t thunder when the grand marshal says “drivers, start your engines.” It hums.