The Wankel rotary is an example of a design which makes sense on paper ... he bragged to his friends that his car used a new type of engine – half turbine, half reciprocating.

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.

The first rotary engines were primarily used for aircraft during World War I, but the design was abandoned due to flaws and inefficiencies. In 1954, German engineer Felix Wankel invented a new ...

Mazda's Wankel rotary engine has always ... Like the classic 13B engine that the current Renesis is still based on, the new 16X would use two rotors, though enlarged to 800cc each for a total ...

We have some very sad news to report, rotor-heads fans: Don't expect a new rotary-powered vehicle ... is environmental. While the Wankel rotary engine does indeed make a lot of power in a small ...

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 ...