The rotary engine is easily one of the most controversial powertrains in the world of cars, and it's known for the brap-brap ...

A Wankel engine is a type of rotary engine, but not all rotary engines ... rotary vehicles to the U.S. These included the RX-2, RX-3, RX-4, and the much-loved RX-7 and RX-8 sports cars.

The theory of the Wankel engine goes back to 1954 when Dr. Felix Wankel of Germany patented the epitrochoid principle of using a three-pointed rotor inside a two-lobe casing, thereby using rotary ...

But that didn't mean that with them, the rotary engine was dead. After WWII, Felix Wankel was imprisoned by ... with the ratio between the two gears being 2:3. Next, they attached an arm with ...

A Connecticut-based startup called LiquidPiston has just built a 3-horsepower rotary engine ... to build the X-mini engine, which offers improvement over a traditional Wankel engine.

The rotary engine was invented by Felix Wankel, and is often referred to as ... which was released in 1967 and featured a 1.3-liter dual rotor engine, and it kicked off a long line of Mazda ...

It’s not a Wankel, but it is installed in a go-kart. LiquidPiston’s X Mini engine gets a micro-scale workout in this video.

Most cars equipped with a traditional NA 1.3-liter engine would be lucky to reach half of that. A Wankel Is Much Simpler Than A Standard ICE Another key benefit to a rotary engine is that ...

The Wankel Rotary Engine notes that NSU issued 15 licenses ... in 1975 and subsequent sale to Peugeot. Mazda The Mazda RX-3, the first of the "RX" sports cars. The problems of poor fuel ...

According to the report, the wankel engines market was valued at $47.0 million in 2023, and is estimated to reach $100.4 million by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 8.3% from 2024 to 2033. The expanding ...

Forty years ago, a panel of auto journalists picked the NSU Ro80 as European Car of the Year. Now mostly forgotten, the Ro80 was a German sedan with an aerodynamic shape that presaged the Audi ...