The rotary engine offers vibration-free operation, compact size, and high power output compared to traditional engines. Mazda did not invent the rotary engine but were instrumental in furthering ...

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 ...

Post World War II, there was a boom in technology and engineering that led to automakers like Ford, Ferrari, and Porsche in a ...

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.

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.

Both 787Bs were powered by 2.6-liter four-rotor engines that were detuned to 700 horsepower. Afterward, the FIA announced that rotary engines would no longer be allowed at Le Mans.

When John Z. Delorean left to create his own car, he envisioned it propelled by a rotary engine as well. In the late sixties and early seventies, many car companies were enamored with the power ...

And while Mazda does have the rotary hybrid MX-30 R-EV crossover now—where the rotary engine acts purely as a generator to charge batteries—for Moro to come out at this juncture and announce ...

Mazda is once again manufacturing the rotary engine, but before you get too excited thinking it’ll be found in a sporty Mazda RX-7 successor, best temper those expectations. That’s because the ...

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 ...

Toyota and Mazda have rebadged each other’s vehicles before, such as the Toyota Yaris and Mazda2 hatchbacks in various ...