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

This “inside-out” approach to the Wankel rotary engine is a key differentiator ... Pushing one gallon to the front lines can take 100 gallons of fuel. And, unfortunately, fuel convoys are ...

Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel. The Wankel rotary engine, most notably used in automobiles by Mazda, has been around since the late 1950’s.

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

The small engine was mounted right up next to the bulkhead for a front-mid-engined configuration ... The C111-I of 1969 had a three-rotor Wankel engine with 276bhp, while the C111-II of ...

The mere fact that this engine starts and runs is a testament to the mechanical know-how of these guys. For comparison's sake, Mazda's own Le Mans-winning 787 prototype utilized a four-rotor Wankel.

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 ...

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 only cars in recent times to utilise a Wankel rotary engine have been Mazdas – the RX-8 being the most recent. But the revolutionary engine has made an appearance in plenty of other vehicles ...