As the automotive industry embraces the electric revolution, one automaker stands firm in its commitment to an engine type ...

That is, of course, except for the rotary engine. Developed by a Nazi ... as a piston is driven up and down a cylinder which ...

Mazda is developing laser ignition technology to use in its next generation of rotary engines instead of spark plugs, potentially improving efficiency.

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 ...

Through the history of internal combustion engines, there has been plenty of evolution, but few revolutions. Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel.

The combination of Mazda CEO's rotary R&D announcement plus the gorgeous rotary concept add up to a new 350 hp-plus sports car in the pipeline.

Rob Dahm, notorious rotary-powered car builder, has firmly jumped into the deep end of the pool with his latest project: The ...

This development group has the hard task of trying to make the rotary stack up to modern internal combustion engines in terms of emissions and fuel-economy standards. Neither factor were ever ...

Mazda however, is uniquely positioned to take advantage of hydrogen as a combustion fuel. They are, after all, the only manufacturer currently building Wankel rotary engines. The nature of the ...

That’s because the new rotary engine is being used in the MX-30 EV ... starting with the combustion chamber’s side housings which are now made of aluminium rather than steel.

Although there was briefly a company called Rotary Rocket, the term is much better known as a nickname for the Mazda RX-7 — one of the few cars that used a Wankel, or rotary, engine. If you ever ...