Strange engine configurations that never reached production always makes for interesting reading. Here are our favorites.

The core issue is the fight between WordPress founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine, which hosts websites built on WordPress. WordPress technology is open source and free ...

Rotary engines have plenty of quirks, but they can still put up some impressive power figures. Here are some of the most ...

Four years later, the mid-engine Auto Union Type A single-seater designed by Ferdinand Porsche began competing in grand prix racing with a supercharged 4.4-liter V-16 producing 295 horsepower. 1934: ...

Despite the automotive industry’s continued march toward ever more efficient, smaller-displacement engines, lower cylinder counts, and electric (or electrified) options, we are happy to report ...

Hiding in the basement of the Studebaker Museum is a Lark with an air-cooled Porsche 4-cylinder in the trunk. Most Porsche ...

Mazda does plan to offer its EV crossover with a range extender, but it's powered by a Wankel rotary engine, which has never ...

The rotary engine became part of the soul of Mazda, and if it can be a bit flawed in operation, at least it has true ...

German engineer Felix Wankel invented the rotary engine, but his Nazi past is a stain on his reputation, so we'd rather recognize Kenichhi Yamamoto. He's the Japanese engineer (and later head of ...

As it was produced, the bike came with a 588 cc liquid-cooled twin-rotor Wankel engine in its frame, and that's still there, but not exactly in its original form. The powerplant underwent a ...

The incorporation of different new and inventive technologies in the manufacturing and development of rotary engines is expected to steadily increase Wankel engines market growth. The automotive ...