When John Z. Delorean left to create his own car, he envisioned it propelled by a rotary engine as well. In the late sixties and early seventies, many car companies were enamored with the power ...

Mazda’s latest patent has reignited hopes for the return of the rotary engine, but will it make its way into production ...

Mazda’s latest patent signals a return of the legendary rotary engine, reimagined as a hybrid power source for a new ...

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.

Both 787Bs were powered by 2.6-liter four-rotor engines that were detuned to 700 horsepower. Afterward, the FIA announced that rotary engines would no longer be allowed at Le Mans.

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 ...

We all know about opinions – everyone’s got one etcetera – but there’s perhaps nothing quite as divisive in the automotive world as the rotary engine. Aficionados will wax lyrical about ...

And yet, last month Mazda was putting journalists in a Mazda2 RE Range Extender, an electric car using a 0.33-liter rotary to power its lithium-ion batteries when the charge runs down. With a 75 ...

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 ...

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