How the Rotary Engine Works So that's how the Wankel rotary engine was born and eventually became synonymous with Mazda. But how exactly does a rotary engine work?

Holy Grail Mazda RX-7 Spirit R Type A for sale Rotary sports cars might be making a comeback of sorts - but for now, peak Wankel is a Spirit R Type A ...

Mazda announced plans to continue developing Wankel engines as generators for use in their EVs, starting with a new SUV by 2027 ...

Information about Mazda’s new halo rotary sports car continues to trickle in after it was teased at last year’s Tokyo Mobility Show as the Iconic SP. Since then, patent details have revealed ...

Mazda’s Iconic SP rotary powered sports car is closing in on production, and according to a patent filing in Japan its Wankel engine will be much more than just a range-extender for an EV powertrain.

One of the headline acts at last year’s Japan Mobility Show, the design of Mazda’s head-turning Iconic SP concept sports car has been registered with the Japan Patent Office, complete with retractable ...

Although Mazda carried the banner for rotary engines through the latter part of the 20th Century, its cars were far from the only notable ones to use Wankel's design.

Wankel was an impressively intelligent engineer, especially considering he lacked any university education and was completely self-taught. In 1929 he filed his first patent with engineering that ...

Mazda's rotary design reached its pinnacle with the Renesis engine introduced in the 2003 RX-8, the most powerful, efficient and cleanest naturally aspirated Wankel yet.

Mazda filed six patents related to rotary engines with the Japanese Patent Office on the same day in June, CarBuzz has discovered. The Wankel rotary engine popularized by Mazda will make its ...