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Mazda is notorious for putting rotary engines under the hood of its cars, but here are six models from other manufacturers ...
Mazda is known for its innovations in mass-produced rotary engines in sports cars like the RX-7, but it wasn't exactly the first to utilize Wankel's design.
From the December 1969 issue of HOT ROD: After talking about Wankel engines for years, foreign automobile manufacturers started producing the revolutionary powerplants—and they really worked.
Mazda is one of the only automotive companies that has commercially used rotary engines, starting with the Cosmo Sport (also known as the 110S) in 1967.
So take everything you know about the Wankel and turn it literally inside out. Moreover, Shkolnik says the company solved the age-old, meme-worthy problem surrounding the rotary engine: its apex ...
For a time, the Wankel rotary engine seemed like the future. In 1963, German automaker NSU—later absorbed into Audi—debuted the Wankel Spider, the first internal-combustion production car not ...
The Mazda Wankel had high fuel consumption, mostly due to the large surface area of the combustion chamber, equivalent stroke-to-bore ratio is only near 0.33, lower than the former F1 engines of 0 ...
LiquidPiston says its new XTS-210 solves the efficiency, lubrication and fuel type issues of Wankel rotary engines. This supercharged, liquid-cooled two-stroke claims 5X the power of an equivalent ...
The rotary engine was particularly well suited to hydrogen combustion. Unlike a piston engine, the intake and combustion areas in a Wankel rotary are separate, reducing issues around premature ...
Mazda announced plans to continue developing Wankel engines as generators for use in their EVs, starting with a new SUV by 2027 By Gabriel Ionica 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Club badge Drew Phillips ...