Through the history of internal combustion engines, there has been plenty of evolution, but few revolutions. Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel.

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Mazda's Wankel rotary engine has always been unique in the automotive landscape as a mass-produced internal combustion engine that eschews such unsightly items as pistons, valves and camshafts.

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Even with two plugs providing the spark for combustion, the shape and size ... The C111-I of 1969 had a three-rotor Wankel engine with 276bhp, while the C111-II of 1970 featured a four-rotor ...

The Wankel engine is totally different to a standard piston engine, and features a rotor in place of pistons. The rotor spins within a combustion chamber, and its triangular shape creates chambers ...