Mazda has not given up on the rotary engine but is repurposing it for modern electric vehicles. The Mazda MX-30 e-SKYACTIV R-EV plug-in hybrid comes with a 0.8-liter (830cc) rotary engine.

The rotary engine has no need for the likes of crankshafts, connecting rods or complex valvetrains. In fact, there’s no need for valves – the rotor takes care of the whole deal with a few ports.

After decades of usage, Mazda discontinued the rotary engine in 2012. Now, many people are wondering if the company has plans to bring it back.

Wait, two Mazda sports cars!? The two will be different, with different powertrains, but the same enthusiastic spirit—and we ...

Part 1: The rotary engine’s origin story and how Mazda became synonymous with the unique combustion engine. From the June 2010 issue of Modified magazine.

Rotary engines have an aura of cool. In games of Top Trumps, the V12 might have been king, but a rotary was a joker, a wild card.A lack of mainstream success no doubt contributes; there are ...

A new rotary engine for Mazda sports cars is entering development, and could bring all sorts of groundbreaking tech to the RX-7's successor.

Mazda has actually continued producing rotary engines and spare parts for them even after the RX-8's discontinuation, as the company outlined in a 2021 blog post. Comment(s) Recommended ...

Dahm, no stranger to wild rotary cars himself, brings Garvin and his engine into the shop for a deep dive. The engine is giant, gorgeous, and utterly absurd. But it's built for an absurd task ...

Mazda says the MX-30 with plug-in hybrid rotary engine will debut this week at the Brussels Motor Show, in Belgium, and that it will launch this spring ...

The rotary engine has been a Mazda staple since 1967. It powered one of the most famous and eccentric Japanese sports car line-ups, the RX-series, until 2012 when Mazda discontinued pure rotary ...