The second-generation of Mazda's beloved RX-7 is often left out of the conversation. Here's why it shouldn't be.

The Wankel engine is presently being produced for passenger cars in both Europe and Japan, and we've driven one. It was the NSU RO80, a sweet-running four-door sedan with excellent aerodynamics ...

W hen the 1967 Mazda Cosmo sports car hit the market, it was considered one of the most futuristic and cutting-edge models on offer at the time. This was chiefly due to its use of a Wankel engine ...

Pity the nifty front spoiler, formed in part by placing the RX-0 as far aftwards as possible, never became reality. 2011AudiA1 e-tron. Unlike a piston engine, a Wankel engine spins--literally.

While GM's Wankel experience was only active for just less than four years and went nowhere, two interesting Corvette concept cars were built, known simply as the 2-Rotor (XP-987GT) and 4-Rotor.

Consider – the first ever family sedan purpose-built around a twin-rotor Wankel engine, with class-leading aerodynamics, fully-independent suspension and modernism all about it. Front-wheel ...

Compared to the then-standard Rambler inline-six engine, this rotary was incredibly short, and would have allowed for packaging solutions like transverse front or rear, or, if Rambler was really ...

Unless you're a world-class endurance racer, you'll likely never get to drive one of Mazda's best rotary engine-powered cars. In 1991, the Mazda 787B made history as the first Japanese-made car to ...

The Japanese carmaker produced rotary-powered cars for nearly half a century. Mass-produced models like the RX-7 and RX-8 ...

The Mazda isn't a mid-engined car like the 787B, though; it's much more like the MADBUL drift car, with its engine up front. That engine is the 33b, developed in partnership with Kiwi Wankel ...

One-off Pininfarina NSU 2 Porte + 2 with a Wankel engine is heading to auction soon. This unique concept is based on the NSU Ro 80 and boasts striking design features.