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 ...

one of the greatest rotary engines ever fitted to a vehicle. This is possible because of the way a Wankel engine is constructed, with each rotor in its own housing. So you have an engine ...

Ken Jones bought a bike from an Oregon dealership, then found a second one for free this month in Torrington. Another miracle: he got it started.

The previous one suffered from high temperatures and sealing issues (as the most popular rotary engines, such as a Wankel, also do). The valve system used by the Avadi ICE also restricted output ...

Remember rotary engines? The Felix Wankel-developed (stop tittering at the back) rotating engine design as flirted most famously with by the phenomenally fast JPS Norton racers, not to mention the ...

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