Pop the hood on a classic Mazda RX-7 or RX-8 and the engine bay looks oddly empty. That is the charm of the rotary engine: a compact lump of metal that trades pistons and valves for a spinning ...

View post: Spring Storm Warning: Tornadoes, Baseball-Size Hail & 70 MPH Winds Threaten I-35 & I-44 Across Texas & Oklahoma This Weekend To understand the benefit of a turbo, we need a refresher on the ...

In case you missed it, the automotive industry has been on a steady trajectory of internal combustion engine (ICE) downsizing for years. Battery-powered electric vehicles may capture most of the ...

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “250 Years of America,” a multipart series examining the innovations, breakthroughs and pivotal moments that have shaped the nation ...

Rotary engines differ from conventional ones in many respects — and one of them is the fact that they use two different spark ...

There are many aspects of a car's engineering and design that us enthusiasts can fall in love with and obsess over, though maybe none more so than their exhaust systems. Sure, the exhaust system is an ...