Felix Wankel, a German engineer ... However, John DeLorean was at the helm of Chevrolet Motor Division at the time and canceled the program, reportedly because it cost too much.

Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel. The Wankel rotary engine, most notably used in automobiles by Mazda, has been around since the late 1950’s.

It instead works as a generator to support the electric motor and create more range. We know that Mazda has bigger plans for the new iteration of the Wankel engine as the company revived their ...

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 ...

Last week at the Paris Motor Show, James Muir, Mazda Europe's CEO, told AutoCar that the Japanese carmaker plans to mass produce hydrogen-fueled Wankel engines but it will take another half decade.

announced today that its LiiON Drive with Wankel Range Extender Vehicle Ride & Drive was one of the most popular Ride & Drive events at this year's Vienna Motor Symposium, one of the world's most ...

NSU unveiled the Ro 80 at the 1967 Frankfurt Motor Show, and Car Magazine praised its sleek design and named the vehicle its Car of the Year. Car’s editors noted that the Wankel engine’s ...