In the late 1960s, a Japanese automaker took a bold leap with an unconventional engine that defied traditional design.

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 wondered how these worked, why not print a model?

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

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

If Mazda is known for anything, it's its use of the venerable and unique Wankel rotary engine. The Japanese manufacturer utilized the powerplant for around 50 years as it continually developed the ...

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.

The Mazda Miata is beloved for being tiny and light, a combination of qualities most modern automakers seem to avoid like the ...

While the Wankel rotary engine does indeed make ... Research will continue on the rotary engine at Mazda, and, since the engine will run on a wide variety of fuels, including hydrogen, it is ...

The Wankel rotary engine, most notably used in automobiles by Mazda, has been around since the late 1950’s. The Wankel rotary is an example of a design which makes sense on paper. However ...

The RX-3 wasn’t the next rotary Mazda produced – that fell ... this one has the clearest links to the most recent Wankel-engined car, the RX-8. The 12A engine is remarkably smooth, spinning ...

Jim, a virtual artist known as "jlord8" on social media, loves messing around with all things CGI from the automotive realm, ...

On Sept. 14, the automaker unveiled its first rotary engine-mounted passenger car for the Japanese market in 11 years. The vehicle in question is the plug-in Mazda MX-30 Rotary-EV gas-electric ...