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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Mazda uses a rotary engine as a range-extender for its MX-30 R-EV, and previously used such a motor on the RX-8 sports car. Also known as a Wankel engines, after creator Felix Wankel, a rotary ...

Power came from a two-rotor Wankel engine with a nominal 1.3-litre ... But when discussing Mazda’s coupes, it’s perhaps the RX-8’s styling that should get the most attention.