The internal combustion engine, for all its mechanical sophistication, still runs on a 19th-century mechanical idea: pistons rising and falling, a crankshaft spinning, a steam-age architecture ...

As we reported earlier, Mazda is making some waves at the 2012 LA Auto Show by announcing the 2014 Mazda6 sedan will bow with a 2.2-liter clean-diesel engine under its hood in North America. The ...

Diesel engines are pretty cool and have a lot of benefits. If you want good fuel economy and enough torque to change the rotation of the Earth, then an oil burner is a pretty good option. Though, if ...

This heart transplant nets a 10kW and 50Nm bump (now 120kW/400Nm), but because the engine doesn’t have to work quite so hard ...

The Mazda CX-60 3.3 diesel goes against the grain in many respects. For starters, that powerplant. Small turbocharged-petrol or normally aspirated hybridised units are ubiquitous in the SUV category, ...

Mazda unveiled the all-new CX-80, its new flagship in markets such as Europe, Japan, and Australia. The new SUV is offered with a variety of three-row configurations and will initially be available ...

For decades, European automakers have championed diesel engines more than anyone else. After all, the technology was invented there – by German engineer Rudolf Diesel in 1897 – and the continent’s ...

With the 2023 CX-60 D50e Azami, Mazda believes it has created a premium SUV that can rival established European rivals like the Audi Q5, BMW X3, and Genesis GV70. That’s a tall order considering that ...

MAZDA has hit out at Europe’s strategy for phasing out petrol and diesel motors – arguing that policymakers are focusing too ...

To see models, try adjusting the filter dropdowns. A Japanese car maker founded in 1920 and formally entering the North American market in 1970, Mazda produces stylish and sporty cars, trucks, vans, ...

The engine in question was the Wankel rotary, named after German engineer Felix Wankel, who first patented the concept in 1929. Instead of pistons moving back and forth, the rotary engine used a ...