Mazda’s SKYACTIV-Z project has highlighted the automaker’s desire to continue innovating gas-powered engines while other legacy manufacturers accelerate investments into electric powertrain ...

Mazda has announced a new four-cylinder engine, the Skyactiv-Z. Set to replace the Skyactiv-G and Skyactiv-X engines, the Skyactiv-Z aims to build on Mazda’s commitment to high efficiency and low ...

The rotary engine, a unique and unconventional design, has provided Mazda with remarkable advantages in the world of racing.

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 ...

Hot hatches are one of the most beloved automotive categories among car enthusiasts all over the world. Some models, like the Volkswagen Golf GTI, have gained the status of household name, becoming ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most of the details, first found and reported on by Motor1, come from a single slide of the financial report for the latest quarter, where the automaker often sneaks in announcements about where the ...

The rotary was the most radical rethink of the combustion engine in over a hundred years — and it paid the price for being different. Mazda introduced the innovative Wankel rotary engine in the 1967 ...