Take the Wankel engine, or rotary engine, for example. Few automakers have ever created one, and Mazda was the only one to put it into mass production in models like the RX-7 and RX-8. It saw ...

In its simplest form, a Wankel rotary engine has just two moving parts: the rotor and the output ... the Parkway Rotary, the RX-7, and of course, the RX-8. An honorable mention is the Mazda ...

I remember sitting on the package shelf of his 1981 Mazda RX-7, listening to him explain to my Mom - for Nth time - what made the rotary engine so ... to haul parts and camera gear.

Mixed reports about Mazda's upcoming hybrid sports car contradict what we already know. Mazda's patents showed a very ...

And while Mazda does have the rotary hybrid MX-30 R-EV crossover now—where the rotary engine acts purely as a generator to charge batteries—for Moro to come out at this juncture and announce ...

The modernized RX-7 is fitted with a three-rotor rotary engine that produces 350 hp. Mazda has officially confirmed that the Iconic SP concept will evolve into a production model hinting at a ...

It sounds more like an old-school radial aircraft engine than anything that should power an automobile of any kind.

tri-turbo Y12 rotary engine. If that doesn't make any sense, you're not alone. Skip back 15 years when Tyson Garvin, founder and innovator at Apex Manufacturing & Design, got a wild hair up his ...

The latest version adds a rotary engine to its compact predecessor, with prices ranging from 4.2 million yen ($28,000) to 4.9 million yen after tax. The MX-30 Rotary-EV will arrive on the Japanese ...

Rob Dahm is refining the unique 15.7-liter Y12 rotary engine, originally designed by Tyson Garvin as a twelve-rotor ...

Felix Wankel, a German engineer, created the Wankel engine. Compared to the standard engine configuration, the Wankel engine was typically lighter and had a smaller form factor. Because the rotors ...

Curiosity aside, the new kid on the Mazda block heralded an era of rotary-engine sports cars that would set the Hiroshima-based automaker aside from the ordinary for years to come. Mazda's unique ...