Could there possibly be a rotary engine with 12 rotors? The answer is yes, and here’s everything we know about it including ...

Mazda is notorious for putting rotary engines under the hood of its cars, but here are six models from other manufacturers ...

Since the engine is mounted longitudinally, it powers only the rear wheels, which is a role reversal for the typically front-wheel drive RAV4. Between the shoebox engine and its rear wheels is a ...

I nvented by a German but perfected by the Japanese, the Wankel rotary engine is best-known for powering a slew of brilliant ...

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 ...

Ferrari has always been on the cutting edge of engine technology, but this latest patent is for something even Enzo would ...

or rotary, engine. If you ever wondered how these worked, why not print a model? That’s what [Engineering Explained] did. They printed a 1/3 scale model and made a video explaining and ...

Since it looks like Mazda may very well revive the Wankel rotary engine as a range extender for electric cars, there's no better time to become reacquainted with the quirky internal-combustion engine.

Idled for 11 years, Mazda Motor Corp.'s famed rotary engine is set to roar back to life this spring, this time helping to power a plug-in hybrid vehicle. The rotary engine, which Mazda was the ...

Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel. The Wankel rotary engine, most notably used in automobiles by Mazda, has been around since the late 1950’s.

The latest version adds a rotary engine to its compact predecessor, with prices ranging from 4.2 million yen ($28,000) to 4.9 million yen after tax. The MX-30 Rotary-EV will arrive on the Japanese ...

And yet, last month Mazda was putting journalists in a Mazda2 RE Range Extender, an electric car using a 0.33-liter rotary to power its lithium-ion batteries when the charge runs down. With a 75 ...