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 ...

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cost efficiency, emissions regulations, and estimated potential in the market, which were the reasons the world never saw the Wankel rotary engine used in an American car.

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 ...

Since it looks like Mazda may very well revive the Wankel rotary engine as a range extender for electric cars, there's no better time to become reacquainted with the quirky internal-combustion engine.

With its new Wankel engine, the little, awkward-looking sports car was unique amidst a slew of V6 and V8 powered sports cars. Curiosity aside, the new kid on the Mazda block heralded an era of ...

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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 ...

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 ...