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 ...

Engine 1.3-liter twin-turbo Wankel Power 276 hp Torque 231 lb-ft Mazda ... Essentially two V6 engines fused together, the W12 ...

Mazda's Wankel rotary engine has always been unique in the automotive landscape as a mass-produced internal combustion engine that eschews such unsightly items as pistons, valves and camshafts.