Through the history of internal combustion engines, there has been plenty of evolution, but few revolutions. Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel.

We get behind the wheel of a rotary-engined Mazda RX-8 – and explain the pleasures and pitfalls of buying one. The post 2008 ...

Mazda's Wankel rotary engine has always been unique in the automotive ... and a significant weight savings over the current RX-8, which isn't exactly a porker as it is. Supposedly, the new rotary ...

Introduced in 2004, the RX-8 reignited the popular rotary engine in the US. It offered a zippy roadster that was well equipped, stylish and sporty, powered by a 1.3-liter rotary-cylinder that was ...

The Mazda RX-8 is high on the "I wish they'd bring that back" for fans of sporty-but-affordable cars. We were always fans of ...

Put simply, it was because the RX-8 was just too darned expensive to run. Regardless of whether I had the Wankel wailing ... because Mazda’s rotary engine has a lot going for it.

You probably are, as you came here looking to find out more about the pictured Mazda RX-8, which was looking for ... It comes with a rotary engine that has a 1.3-liter displacement and was ...

If there's one thing forever associated with the Wankel rotary engine, it's Mazda. Powering production vehicles from the Cosmo's launch in May 1967 to the last RX-8 leaving the plant in June 2012 ...

Car’s editors noted that the Wankel engine’s smooth operation was most ... prone to excessive wear on the rotor’s tips. The Mazda RX-8 came equipped with a six-speed manual transmission ...

This comes straight from Masamichi Kogai, the CEO of Mazda, which is the only company ... is environmental. While the Wankel rotary engine does indeed make a lot of power in a small, lightweight ...