The Wankel rotary engine, most notably used in automobiles by Mazda, has been around since ... he bragged to his friends that his car used a new type of engine – half turbine, half reciprocating.

Mazda's 787B cemented its place in history by winning Le Mans in 1991, but it never competed at the highest level after that.

Mazda’s long-term interest in the compact and efficient, but emissions-challenged, Wankel rotary engine is symbolic of this ...

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 ...