In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and piston design, replacing it with a simple, single-chamber design and a thick, ...

Every time Mazda files a patent with the word "rotary" anywhere near it, the same ritual plays out. Enthusiast outlets dust ...

The rotary was the most radical rethink of the combustion engine in over a hundred years — and it paid the price for being different. Mazda introduced the innovative Wankel rotary engine in the 1967 ...

When we think of brands likeToyota, Ford, or Honda, we think of well-oiled, conventional machines that churn out cars that many people love. At the same time, these brands don't normally push the ...

Mazda's Wankel rotary powerplant boasts a proud and storied endurance racing career that began and ended in truly spectacular fashion. The rotary first took to a European circuit in anger in 1968, ...