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 has promised, over multiple generations, that it has the skill to tame these issues, but it has been unsuccessful. The ...

Mazda’s first bespoke EV, the MX-30, was a misfire. But a new electric SUV is in the works ... which is an EV with a single-rotor Wankel engine generator that is not connected to the wheels ...

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

One new paint color was added, Liquid Silver. For 2009, Mazda's RX-8 gets a restyling that is more ... a "variable red zone," which gets higher as the high-revving Wankel rotary engine warms up to ...

The new engine developed around 580bhp ... though as evo learned on a visit to Mazda’s North American heritage fleet basement, the firm’s Wankel-engined Group C cars are far from being as ...

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 ...

Car’s editors noted that the Wankel ... engine’s smooth operation was most noticeable at more than 100 mph. However, the original Ro 80 was prone to excessive wear on the rotor’s tips. The ...