Could there possibly be a rotary engine with 12 rotors? The answer is yes, and here’s everything we know about it including ...

In the late 1960s, a Japanese automaker took a bold leap with an unconventional engine that defied traditional design.

The issue, as it has pretty much always been, is environmental. While the Wankel rotary engine does indeed make a lot of power in a small, lightweight package, it does so while burning lots of ...

Mark it down, auto enthusiasts.Mazda built its last rotary engine on Friday, June 22. By final, we mean the line that assembledRenesis engines for Mazda's RX-8 sports car was idled, and there are ...

I nvented by a German but perfected by the Japanese, the Wankel rotary engine is best-known for powering a slew of brilliant Mazdas from the '60s to the '90s. Unfortunately, it ha ...

The iconic rotary car engine, thought to have been consigned to the dustbin of impractical technology, is making a comeback in Japan from the very automaker that introduced the system as far back ...