The rotary engine has been absent on the frontline for quite some time, and it's on the way back. But not with Mazda.

Mazda has never been scared to try something different, and its 1990s luxury coupe embodies this approach as well as any other car built by the brand.

For more than a decade the name Wankel has popped up whenever car enthusiasts start talking about advanced-design automotive powerplants. The theory of the Wankel engine goes back to 1954 when Dr.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Mazda and NSU tend to get all the credit for Wankel rotary engines in cars, but Mercedes also did quite a bit of Wankel development, using the ...

Washington — Remember the Wankel? There's a new spin on the rotary engine whose quirky name once made it fodder for a Monty Python sketch. Conceived by German inventor Felix Wankel in the 1920s, the ...

Rob Dahm, notorious rotary-powered car builder, has firmly jumped into the deep end of the pool with his latest project: The world's only 15.7-liter, tri-turbo Y12 rotary engine. If that doesn't make ...

It might seem like a novelty from a modern perspective, a technological dead-end kept alive only in the memories of diehard Mazda fans and persistent rumors of its resurrection, but the iconoclastic ...

Is August 13th marked on your calendar? If you're a fan of the Wankel rotary engine - or any sports car powered by a Wankel rotary engine (we're looking at you, RX-7 fans), it should be. Dr. Felix ...