It’s been over a decade since Mazda showed off a hydrogen rotary engine, but the lessons in engineering linger to this day. When it comes to engines, the Wankel rotary is one of the lightest and ...

The rotary's reliability problem was mostly an owner problem. Here's the disciplined playbook that keeps FC 13Bs alive.

Mazda's 787B cemented its place in history by winning Le Mans in 1991, but it never competed at the highest level after that.

The Wankel rotary engine offers one of the most unique sounds of any ICE. Most famously used in various legendary Mazdas like the RX-7 and the supposedly banned Le ...

How does a rotary engine work? Wankel Engines. Explanation of how a rotary engine works. With only 3 moving components, these are an engineering marvel. A look inside at what actually happens.

Reports of the death of the internal combustion engine have been exaggerated. Electric vehicles were once poised to diminish the ubiquity of traditional engines, but automakers are booking huge losses ...

Today, we explore the Birotary Engine, a unique creation that merges the features of piston and rotary engines. This video explains how the Birotary Engine works, discussing its benefits and drawbacks ...

Mazda 13B rotary engine in a white Mazda RX-7 engine bay. - TTTNIS/Wikimedia Commons When it comes to unconventional engine design, few exceed the Wankel rotary in terms of weirdness. Despite that, ...

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 ...

Does anyone else think the Mazda RX-8 used to be the coolest thing on the road. It didn’t matter that it wasn’t that fast. Nor that its rotary engine burns oil like Snoop burns “za,” and slurps gas ...

If you’re even remotely into rare JDM oddities, Mazda’s Autozam AZ-1 likely holds a special place on your radar. It’s a tiny, mid-engined kei car built to comply with Japan’s famously strict rules on ...

Language is an imperfect medium, but it's what we've got, so let's go with it. Determining the swept volume of inventor Felix Wankel's rotary engine can generate more arguments than claiming what a GT ...