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.

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.

Could there possibly be a rotary engine with 12 rotors? The answer is yes, and here’s everything we know about it including how much HP it could have.

If there's one thing forever associated with the Wankel rotary engine, it's Mazda. Powering production vehicles from the Cosmo's launch in May 1967 to the last RX-8 leaving the plant in June 2012 ...

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 ...

Mazda sold 56,203 RX-7 models in the United States (the automaker's biggest market) in 1986. Sales of the RX-8 peaked in 2004, its first full year on the market, with just 23,690 units.

Much like the litany of great bands who lived in the shadows of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, Mazda has spent its life in the shadow of automakers such as Toyota and Honda. Despite its ...

Unique, high-revving rotary engine; free-flow door system with room for four adults; aggressive styling; affordable price; excellent handling. See the latest and greatest features of the newly ...

It was the perfect drive to leave the Mazda on, because it reminded me of the things I loved about the RX-8 most: the constant stream of feedback from the steering, the mechanical feel of the ...