Revolutionary, they said. A world first, they said. Utilizing compression ignition, a method of gasoline combustion that the automotive world has been trying to perfect for over two decades, commanded ...

Mazda’s left-of-field approach when it comes to power trains has come a long way since 1961, when it first dabbled in the murky rotary engine waters. These days, it builds some of the most reliable ...

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 ...

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 ...

BRUSSELS — Mazda's famed rotary engine is getting primed for electrification. The MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV plug-in hybrid, which debuted at the Brussels Motor Show last week, features a gasoline rotary ...

Creativity flows from the smallest of automakers: The SkyActiv-X engine compresses gasoline until it self-combusts. It uses ultra-lean air/fuel mixtures, low enough to sometimes need a spark plug to ...

Mazda’s new diesel combustion chamber design has separate areas for fuel injection and combustion. Given the fuss over diesel engines in the past few years and the inevitable public conclusion that ...