Could there possibly be a rotary engine with 12 rotors? The answer is yes, and here's everything we know about it including ...

Mazda is notorious for putting rotary engines under the hood of its cars, but here are six models from other manufacturers ...

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.

E is a rotary engine, constructed on the plan of Holly's patent, as shown in our former illustration. F is a rotary pump, also constructed aft0r the plan of Holly's patent. G is a take-off for a ...

The trips made by the Rotary have established the fact ... See engravings of this engine in No. 4, Vol. 8, Scientific American.

The issue, as it has pretty much always been, is environmental. While the Wankel rotary engine does indeed make a lot of power in a small, lightweight package, it does so while burning lots of ...

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

We all know about opinions – everyone’s got one etcetera – but there’s perhaps nothing quite as divisive in the automotive world as the rotary engine. Aficionados will wax lyrical about ...

As interesting as this concept is, it still has a long way to go before reaching production lines, not to mention its applications may be limited ...

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 ...