Once left behind due to high fuel consumption and fragile reliability, the rotary engine, long championed by Mazda, is making ...

The rotary engine has been a Mazda staple since 1967. It powered one of the most famous and eccentric Japanese sports car line-ups, the RX-series, until 2012 when Mazda discontinued pure ...

Changan’s R05E prototype achieves first ignition, signaling renewed interest in rotary engines but for a wilder application.

Chinese firm Dongan Auto revives the Wankel engine, developing a lightweight prototype aimed at next-gen aerial mobility ...

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 ...

The rotary internal combustion engine made most famous by Japanese car maker Mazda is set to be reborn... in China.

Long before Felix Wankel became synonymous with rotary engines, an inventive Hungarian-American engineer named Stephen M. Balzer secured one of the earliest patents for a rotary-powered automobile on ...

The RX-500 was created to help Mazda’s engineers make car journeys safer, acting as a test bed for safety measures and ...

With extremely low miles and an almost as-new appearance, today's Nice Price or No Dice RX-7 is a blast from the past rotary rocket. Let's figure out whether or not this time capsule is worth opening ...

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