Mazda's willingness to leave the Otto cycle behind when designing its engines brought us the rotary-powered RX-7 and RX-8, ...

Automakers once bet big on bizarre ideas—from swirling airflows to variable compression—and the results were as fascinating ...

When Japanese automaker Mazda debuted the fourth-generation Mazda3 in 2019, it came with the brand's Skyactiv-X engine. This revolutionary powerplant combines the attributes of spark ignition and ...

It's a technology that's been a sort of Holy Grail in the auto industry for at least a couple of decades. Now Mazda, one of the smallest global automakers, plans to introduce it in a radical new ...

In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and ...

Mazda has developed a wide variety of engines and propulsion systems over the years. Famously, Mazda pioneered rotary technology, but the Japanese automaker has also developed rotary hybrids, fully ...

The world is changing, and drivers have found their attitudes changing somewhat, too. Perhaps you weren't very conscious of how much gas you were using but are leaning towards more environmentally ...

Nikesh Kooverjee has been contributing to the automotive sphere for 11 years. His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ...

Mazda’s SKYACTIV-Z tech could change the way automakers and drivers look at gas-powered engines amid today’s significant EV investment push. Expert engineer Masahisa Yamakawa at Mazda said that heat ...