Amidst the Space Race of the 1960s, this Mazda aimed for the stars - paving the way for other rotaries in the Mazda orbit.

cost efficiency, emissions regulations, and estimated potential in the market, which were the reasons the world never saw the Wankel rotary engine used in an American car.

For every iconic rotary-engined car, there are many more innovative ... Rather than purchase a license from NSU to produce the Wankel engine found in the likes of the Spider and Ro80, Soviet ...

Through the history of internal combustion engines, there has been plenty of evolution, but few revolutions. Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel.

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Car’s editors noted that the Wankel engine’s smooth operation ... Afterward, the FIA announced that rotary engines would no longer be allowed at Le Mans.

It's starting to look more and more likely that the Wankel rotary engine could have a future as ... The 10 kilowatt-hour battery gives the car a 19-mile electric range and a 2.6-gallon gas tank ...

But like all rotary-engined cars, it had a tragic thirst for fuel ... The C111-I of 1969 had a three-rotor Wankel engine with 276bhp, while the C111-II of 1970 featured a four-rotor engine ...

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 ...

(the world's oldest car company) merged to create Daimler ... First introduced in 1969 Powered by a three-rotor Wankel rotary engine Featured a mid-engine layout In the late 1960s, Mercedes ...

Mazda is once again manufacturing the rotary engine, but before you get too excited thinking it’ll be found in a sporty Mazda RX-7 successor, best temper those expectations. That’s because the ...