The Wankel rotary engine, most notably used in automobiles ... The last model was the RX-8, discontinued in 2011. Mazda has not given up on the Wankel though, with concept cars such as the ...

Put simply, it was because the RX-8 was just too darned expensive to run. Regardless of whether I had the Wankel wailing to ... because Mazda’s rotary engine has a lot going for it.

Take the Wankel engine, or rotary engine, for example. Few automakers have ever created one, and Mazda was the only one to put it into mass production in models like the RX-7 and RX-8. It saw ...

Mazda's Wankel rotary engine has always been unique in the automotive ... and a significant weight savings over the current RX-8, which isn't exactly a porker as it is. Supposedly, the new rotary ...

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

the Mazda RX-7 rotary engine made as much as 276 hp. The RX-8 followed with another chapter for the Wankel engine. The Mazda RX-8 rotary engine produced 232 hp and the car could go from 0-62 mph ...

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 ...

Car’s editors noted that the Wankel engine’s smooth operation was most ... to excessive wear on the rotor’s tips. The Mazda RX-8 came equipped with a six-speed manual transmission and ...