The Wankel rotary engine was made popular by Mazda, who built rotary style engines from in production cars such as the RX-7, ...

It's as crazy as it sounds. Rolls Royce developed a diesel rotary engine for military applications. Because diesel engines require high compression ratios for compression ignition to occur, they used ...

While modern engines feature many tweaks and improvements on the original ideas, they usually aren't as interesting as the strange contraptions engineers experimented with in the early days. Take, for ...

In all fairness, Ralph Sarich is not your average Australian. As an inventor, engineer, and property investor, he's done it all, frankly, amassing a great fortune with his engineering and real-estate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While modern engines feature many tweaks and improvements on the original ideas, they usually aren't as interesting as the strange ...

James has been writing about cars professionally since 2012. After a bruising period freelancing in his native UK, James spent six years in Dubai, starting his new life abroad as Web Editor for ...

Lou is a freelance journalist and content writer with a focus on the automotive world. After graduating from Coventry University (Automotive Journalism MA) in 2020, she worked in automotive e-commerce ...

Shares of Caterpillar, the maker of mining and construction machinery, are up more than 30% since year-end, making it the biggest contributor to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. WSJ’s Jonathan Weil ...

I guess it’s time for another drop-dead gorgeous Mazda sports car concept. Enter the Mazda Iconic SP, revealed at the Tokyo Auto Show today as perhaps the slickest car to wear a Mazda badge since the ...

Mercedes has come under fire for their interpretation of the new rules relating to compression ratios. Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images Formula 1 and motorsport governing body, the FIA, will vote on a ...

On the Chinese calendar, this year is the Year of the Fire Horse. On the Detroit calendar, 2026 is the Year of Horsepower. More than 100 trucks today produce the same nitrogen oxide emissions as a ...