The Rotary Engine's Nazi Inventor The history of the rotary engine is a strange and wonderful tale that dates back as far as 1588 when Ramelli invented the first rotary-piston-type water pump ...

Mazda confirms the Iconic SP sports coupe is on its way to production, reviving the rotary engine in a striking, futuristic form.

In 1954, Wankel finished designing a rotary piston engine for NSU known as the Drehkolbenmotor (or the DKM). This rotary-valve-controlled 250cc motorcycle engine was based on the company's Lux and ...

Japan’s Mazda was once the world’s only automaker to use Wankel rotary engine tech in its cars. In late 2023 it released its first model in more than a decade to run on a rotary engine. Why ...

Mazda Doubling Down On Rotary Engine, Pours Money Into R&D The rotary engine development team is getting back together with the goal of making technical breakthroughs for Mazda ...

What is a rotary engine? In simple (verging on simplistic) terms, it’s an engine with one or more rotors that rotate – go figure – instead of pistons that reciprocate. The basic principles ...

Most folks today credit Dr. Felix Wankel with inventing the modern rotary engine in the 1950s (with the DKM and KKM prototypes) that went on to become Mazda's iconic rotary engine.