Mazda is notorious for putting rotary engines under the hood of its cars, but here are six models from other manufacturers ...

In the late 1960s, a Japanese automaker took a bold leap with an unconventional engine that defied traditional design.

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

Felix Wankel’s engine was conceived during a dream. In it, 17-year-old Felix was driving his car to a concert. When he arrived, he bragged to his friends that his car used a new type of engine ...

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

I nvented by a German but perfected by the Japanese, the Wankel rotary engine is best-known for powering a slew of brilliant ...

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 ...

Today, the car is remembered as a cult hero ... The C111-I of 1969 had a three-rotor Wankel engine with 276bhp, while the C111-II of 1970 featured a four-rotor engine with 345bhp, giving them ...

Chery has already worked up a prototype or two using electron-powered QQ3 models. China Car Times says that the vehicles can drive up to 93 miles on battery power alone. Throwing in the new Wankel ...

Most of the Turbine Cars were scrapped, but nine survived and are still around today. For most enthusiasts, the rotary engine, initially designed by German engineer Felix Wankel, is synonymous ...