Instead of being carbureted like most other engines of the time, the 3.6-liter Wankel featured direct fuel injection. The next year, Mercedes debuted yet another C 111 called the C 111-II ...

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

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 ...

The C111-I of 1969 had a three-rotor Wankel engine with 276bhp ... the C111-II had a 0-62mph time of just 4.9sec. However, even Mercedes’ engineers couldn’t make it work properly, citing ...

the gorgeous Bruno Sacco-designed C111-II concept was powered by an upgraded four-rotor Wankel. Photo: Mercedes-Benz AG Mounted in the middle of the chassis, the experimental engine developed 349 ...

The only cars in recent times to utilise a Wankel rotary engine have been Mazdas – the RX-8 being the most recent. But the revolutionary engine has made an appearance in plenty of other vehicles ...