Since it looks like Mazda may very well revive the Wankel rotary engine as a range extender for electric cars, there's no better time to become reacquainted with the quirky internal-combustion engine.

After paying $200 for the Miata, the team at Throtl cut it up and swapped in the 13B rotary engine from an RX-7 aiming for ...

tri-turbo Y12 rotary engine. If that doesn't make any sense, you're not alone. Skip back 15 years when Tyson Garvin, founder and innovator at Apex Manufacturing & Design, got a wild hair up his ...

Both 787Bs were powered by 2.6-liter four-rotor engines that were detuned to 700 horsepower. Afterward, the FIA announced that rotary engines would no longer be allowed at Le Mans.

Sadly, the rotary engine basically died off in 2008 when production of the RX-8 sports car ceased. However, a humble little SUV has re-introduced such tech into the modern automotive landscape ...

As the automotive industry embraces the electric revolution, one automaker stands firm in its commitment to an engine type ...

The latest version adds a rotary engine to its compact predecessor, with prices ranging from 4.2 million yen ($28,000) to 4.9 million yen after tax. The MX-30 Rotary-EV will arrive on the Japanese ...

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Curiosity aside, the new kid on the Mazda block heralded an era of rotary-engine sports cars that would set the Hiroshima-based automaker aside from the ordinary for years to come. Mazda's unique ...

Mazda is once again manufacturing the rotary engine, but before you get too excited thinking it’ll be found in a sporty Mazda RX-7 successor, best temper those expectations. That’s because the ...