I nvented by a German but perfected by the Japanese, the Wankel rotary engine is best-known for powering a slew of brilliant Mazdas from the '60s to the '90s. Unfortunately, it ha ...

As interesting as this concept is, it still has a long way to go before reaching production lines, not to mention its applications may be limited ...

Mazda built its last rotary engine on Friday, June 22. By final, we mean the line that assembled Renesis engines for Mazda's RX-8 sports car was idled, and there are currently no plans to restart ...

A rotary engine also isn’t very fuel efficient and ... while the C111-II had a 0-62mph time of just 4.9sec. However, even Mercedes’ engineers couldn’t make it work properly, citing ...

Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel. The Wankel rotary engine, most notably used in automobiles by Mazda, has been around since the late 1950’s.

The latest version adds a rotary engine to its compact predecessor, with prices ranging from 4.2 million yen ($28,000) to 4.9 million yen after tax. The MX-30 Rotary-EV will arrive on the Japanese ...

Besides the new four-cylinder engine, Mazda will apply SkyActiv-Z combustion and emission technologies to future inline-six ...