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.

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 ...

An auxiliary power unit (APU) is a small, self-contained power source that is used in land and rail vehicles as well as in ...

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 ...