Do you understand the mechanical workings of the vehicle you drive on a daily basis? If your answer is no, don’t worry. You’re not the first – and certainly won’t be the last – person to simply ...

Reaction Engines Limited (REL), based at Culham in Oxfordshire, is working on a turbine that combines both jet and rocket technologies. The Sabre engine works by burning atmospheric air in combustion ...

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 ...

The Wankel rotary engine offers one of the most unique sounds of any ICE. Most famously used in various legendary Mazdas like the RX-7 and the supposedly banned Le ...

We all know about opinions – everyone’s got one etcetera – but there’s perhaps nothing quite as divisive in the automotive world as the rotary engine. Aficionados will wax lyrical about their inherent ...

Eighty years ago, a piece of world-changing technology emerged from a semi-derelict garage in Leicestershire - the world's first viable jet engine. But as Frank Whittle's invention took to the skies ...