In May 1967, Mazda unveiled the Cosmo Sport (aka the 110S), a dual-rotor rotary engine car that became the world's first (mere months ahead of the NSU).

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

In May 1967, Mazda unveiled the Cosmo Sport (aka the 110S), a dual-rotor rotary engine car that became the world's first (mere months ahead of the NSU).