By the end of its production run in the early 2000s, the Mazda RX-7 rotary engine made as much as 276 hp. The RX-8 followed with another chapter for the Wankel engine. The Mazda RX-8 rotary engine ...

Ever wondered what the inside of a Mazda 787B engine looks like? Well, today’s your lucky day. Watch here as the engineers strip and rebuild the 26B Wankel engine bringing it back to its former ...

auto enthusiasts.Mazda built its last rotary engine on Friday, June 22. By final, we mean the line that assembledRenesis engines for Mazda's RX-8 sports car was idled, and there are currently no ...

However, the only major manufacturer still working on Wankel engines for cars is Mazda. The RX series of sports cars has been synonymous with Wankel rotary engines for decades. The last model was ...

On Friday 22 June, the last ever Renesis rotary engined car – the RX-8 ... introduce the engine in a mainstream model. With the engine’s roots buried deep in Germany, Mazda had an interest ...

The iconic rotary car engine ... the death knell of the engine, and in 2012 production was terminated when the RX-8 sports car became obsolete. But within Mazda, engineers maintained a passion ...