It was an era when General Motors threw itself into bold experiments in design, technology, and engineering. The company knew it had to reinvent itself, but just did not know which way to go. So it ...

As of May 1, American automaker General Motors, which has a manufacturing plant in Tennessee, has recalled nearly 600,000 full-size SUVs and trucks (721,000 globally). This is the largest recall of ...

The rotary engine isn't very common today, but back in 1973, Chevy experimented with one of its own in a special concept design. It didn't get far, though.

In a world dominated by pistons, the rotary engine was something different for motorists. It was the vision of German engineer Felix Wankel, built on the belief that the up-and-down motion of pistons ...

Wankel rotary engines, typically but not exclusively found in Mazdas, certainly lean on the "quirkier" side of modern powertrain systems, made quirkier because most rotary-powered cars on the road ...