The Wankel engine's application in the Chevrolet concepts was short-lived. The original concept was meant to be powered by a ...

When John Z. Delorean left to create his own car, he envisioned it propelled by a rotary engine as well. In the late sixties and early seventies, many car companies were enamored with the power ...

We are talking about the Rotary engine. Lacking pistons, spinning furiously and making a noise that can’t be mistaken for anything else; the Rotary has developed a cult-like following over the ...

Sadly, the rotary engine basically died off in 2008 when production of the RX-8 sports car ceased. However, a humble little SUV has re-introduced such tech into the modern automotive landscape ...

It's 10 years since Mazda showed off this concept, but it's also 50 years since RE Amemiya, a company that built a six-rotor ...

Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel. The Wankel rotary engine, most notably used in automobiles by Mazda, has been around since the late 1950’s.

Mark it down, auto enthusiasts. Mazda built its last rotary engine on Friday, June 22. By final, we mean the line that assembled Renesis engines for Mazda's RX-8 sports car was idled, and there ...

Idled for 11 years, Mazda Motor Corp.'s famed rotary engine is set to roar back to life this spring, this time helping to power a plug-in hybrid vehicle. The rotary engine, which Mazda was the ...

Mazda is once again manufacturing the rotary engine, but before you get too excited thinking it’ll be found in a sporty Mazda RX-7 successor, best temper those expectations. That’s because the ...

The latest version adds a rotary engine to its compact predecessor, with prices ranging from 4.2 million yen ($28,000) to 4.9 million yen after tax. The MX-30 Rotary-EV will arrive on the Japanese ...