To this day, the Mazda 787B is the only rotary-powered car to win at Le Mans. While it survived the 24-hour endurance race, ...

Popular East Park attraction the Rotary Cannonball, officially the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad No. 457 steam locomotive, ...

The Rotary Engine's Nazi Inventor The history of the rotary engine is a strange and wonderful tale that dates back as far as 1588 when Ramelli invented the first rotary-piston-type water pump ...

4 Reasons Why The Rotary Engine Is Dead. The Wankel engine was last seen in a production car in the Mazda RX-8, and currently there are no rotary engines in production. Mazda may bring it back in ...

The rotary engine has long been part of Mazda’s legacy, known for its compact size and power, and in this model, it’s adapted to support the brand’s environmental goals.

Today we're touching down at Omaka Aerodrome, just outside Blenheim. For the last twenty years Tony Wytenburg has been running 'Classic Aero Machining Service'. He manufactures bespoke aircraft parts ...

Mazda is one of the only automotive companies that has commercially used rotary engines, starting with the Cosmo Sport (also known as the 110S) in 1967. Other popular rotary engine-powered ...

Japan’s Mazda was once the world’s only automaker to use Wankel rotary engine tech in its cars. In late 2023 it released its first model in more than a decade to run on a rotary engine.

To operate with a castor oil spewing rotary would be very expensive with the Le Rhone’s short 40-hour overhaul life and the need to replace oil-soaked fabric regularly. Geoffrey is therefore ...