Mazda has never been scared to try something different, and its 1990s luxury coupe embodies this approach as well as any ...

We look at why Mazda introduced the three-rotor 20B Wankel rotary engine, and why it only ever saw service in the Cosmo coupe ...

Mazda's famous rotary engine finally made its big return last year, but it wasn't under the hood of a replacement for the RX-8. In fact, it wasn't even in a performance car at all. Instead, it served ...

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

The mind-bending world of birotary engines - a hybrid of piston and rotary technology that could revolutionize aviation. But ...

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 ...

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 ...

Reading over the 25 -page document, Mazda describes how a rotary engine is better suited for a hybrid layout over a traditional piston-driven ICE unit. Because of its compact nature, the rotary engine ...

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.

Mustafa has been interested in cars for as long as he can remember. He's gone from collecting Hotwheel cars as a kid to, well..... let's face it, driving a regular Toyota Corolla today because it's ...

Though a mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette is now headed for production, the idea of a Corvette with such an exotic engine location is nothing new. Several such concepts were created, and at the 2019 ...