The Wankel engine is presently being produced for passenger cars in both Europe and Japan, and we've driven one. It was the NSU RO80, a sweet-running four-door sedan with excellent aerodynamics ...

The second-generation of Mazda's beloved RX-7 is often left out of the conversation. Here's why it shouldn't be.

W hen the 1967 Mazda Cosmo sports car hit the market, it was considered one of the most futuristic and cutting-edge models on offer at the time. This was chiefly due to its use of a Wankel engine ...

Pity the nifty front spoiler, formed in part by placing the RX-0 as far aftwards as possible, never became reality. 2011AudiA1 e-tron. Unlike a piston engine, a Wankel engine spins--literally.

While GM's Wankel experience was only active for just less than four years and went nowhere, two interesting Corvette concept cars were built, known simply as the 2-Rotor (XP-987GT) and 4-Rotor.

Consider – the first ever family sedan purpose-built around a twin-rotor Wankel engine, with class-leading aerodynamics, fully-independent suspension and modernism all about it. Front-wheel ...

Compared to the then-standard Rambler inline-six engine, this rotary was incredibly short, and would have allowed for packaging solutions like transverse front or rear, or, if Rambler was really ...

Unless you're a world-class endurance racer, you'll likely never get to drive one of Mazda's best rotary engine-powered cars. In 1991, the Mazda 787B made history as the first Japanese-made car to ...

The Japanese carmaker produced rotary-powered cars for nearly half a century. Mass-produced models like the RX-7 and RX-8 ...

The Mazda isn't a mid-engined car like the 787B, though; it's much more like the MADBUL drift car, with its engine up front. That engine is the 33b, developed in partnership with Kiwi Wankel ...

One-off Pininfarina NSU 2 Porte + 2 with a Wankel engine is heading to auction soon. This unique concept is based on the NSU Ro 80 and boasts striking design features.