These are the most successful Mazda models in history, from the antique Mazda-Go to the Cosmo, Capella, and winning MX-5 ...

The rotary engine is unique in its success and failure and its ability to make an impact with a completely different way of thinking. As it is, every production car for the last 130 years ...

Sadly, the rotary engine basically died off in 2008 when production of the RX-8 sports car ceased. However, a humble little SUV has re-introduced such tech into the modern automotive landscape ...

If the name Dr. Felix Wankel means nothing to you, then here's your chance to learn everything you ever wanted to know (and more) about rotary engines. Spend a few minutes reading this story and ...

For a time, the Wankel rotary engine seemed like the future. In 1963, German automaker NSU—later absorbed into Audi—debuted the Wankel Spider, the first internal-combustion production car not ...

The company has worked closely with Mazda on a number of projects and even developed a single-rotor engine for NASA. Simply put, Racing Beat has learned a thing or two about rotary engines by ...

Rather than using its rotary engine to power the vehicle directly, the MX-30 R-EV uses the engine to drive a generator. The electricity produced is then used to power an electric motor ...

The rotary engine is perhaps one of the most polarizing motors to have ever been commercialized. From its checkered past to its intent to live on as a range extender, the small spinning triangle ...

Rotary engines have an aura of cool. In games of Top Trumps, the V12 might have been king, but a rotary was a joker, a wild card. A lack of mainstream success no doubt contributes; there are ...

Because so few rotary cars have been made, the limits of the engine type haven't been fully exploited by automakers. It's been tuners who have built us big turbo rotaries, four-rotor engines ...

If you know anything about traditional rotary engines, oil consumption is an issue. Since the H2Starfire is a completely linear rotating engine design, there's no need for apex seals. As we ...