Despite its critics and moves toward electrification, the internal combustion engine is not yet dead. Though its design for passenger vehicles may have begun to reach its apex with Mazda’s Skyactiv ...

Mazda's Skyactiv-X was starting to look like a technology the industry had quietly moved on from. Compression ignition in a gasoline engine is a genuinely difficult engineering problem, and the single ...

Mazda unleashed its all-encompassing Skyactiv automotive technologies in 2010 to increase fuel economy with zero penalties to handling and performance. Although Skyactiv became increasingly known for ...

James Kelly didn't grow up knowing he wanted to be a writer, but once he fell into the whacky world of automotive journalism, he hasn't wanted to leave. In college, he found ways to make every paper ...

In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and piston design, replacing it with a simple, single-chamber design and a thick, ...

The FD RX-7's 13B-REW was Mazda's rotary masterpiece—but owning one in 2026 comes with a serious financial commitment.

Mazda's SKYACTIV engine family debuted in 2009 and was first launched with the Mazda DEMIO in 2011. The lineup includes traditional SKYACTIV-G gasoline engines and SKYACTIV-D diesel engines that power ...

Getting an engine compression test for your car is a bit like having your blood pressure taken. It sounds complicated without context, but it's a relatively straightforward and painless procedure that ...