The Mazda Miata is beloved for being tiny and light, a combination of qualities most modern automakers seem to avoid like the ...

This “inside-out” approach to the Wankel rotary engine is a key differentiator. Traditional Wankel engines feature a triangular rotor in a peanut-shaped housing, which Alec identified as a sig ...

The Wankel rotary engine, most notably used in automobiles ... The points (or apexes) of the rotor create three chambers inside the housing. These chambers move with the rotation of the rotor.

The issue, as it has pretty much always been, is environmental. While the Wankel rotary engine does indeed make a lot of power in a small, lightweight package, it does so while burning lots of ...

As interesting as this concept is, it still has a long way to go before reaching production lines, not to mention its applications may be limited ...

We all know about opinions – everyone’s got one etcetera – but there’s perhaps nothing quite as divisive in the automotive world as the rotary engine. Aficionados will wax lyrical about ...

Mark it down, auto enthusiasts.Mazda built its last rotary engine on Friday, June 22. By final, we mean the line that assembledRenesis engines for Mazda's RX-8 sports car was idled, and there are ...

E is a rotary engine, constructed on the plan of Holly's patent, as shown in our former illustration. F is a rotary pump, also constructed aft0r the plan of Holly's patent. G is a take-off for a ...

The iconic rotary car engine, thought to have been consigned to the dustbin of impractical technology, is making a comeback in Japan from the very automaker that introduced the system as far back ...

Idled for 11 years, Mazda Motor Corp.'s famed rotary engine is set to roar back to life this spring, this time helping to power a plug-in hybrid vehicle. The rotary engine, which Mazda was the ...