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.

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 ...

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 ...

We get behind the wheel of a rotary-engined Mazda RX-8 – and explain the pleasures and pitfalls of buying one. The post 2008 ...

Through the history of internal combustion engines, there has been plenty of evolution, but few revolutions. Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel.

Unique, high-revving rotary engine; free-flow door system with room for four adults; aggressive styling; affordable price; excellent handling. See the latest and greatest features of the newly ...

It was the perfect drive to leave the Mazda on, because it reminded me of the things I loved about the RX-8 most: the constant stream of feedback from the steering, the mechanical feel of the ...

NSU unveiled the Ro 80 at the 1967 Frankfurt Motor Show, and Car Magazine praised its sleek design and named the vehicle its Car of the Year. Car’s editors noted that the Wankel engine’s ...