To clear things up, Mazda never pioneered the Wankel rotary engine. German inventor and engineer ... though it does have some ...

But the laughs start when you pop the hood because instead of a typically boring Toyota four-pot, this RAV4 has a two-rotor Mazda rotary engine. It’s unclear who exactly the builder is ...

Mazda became the first auto manufacturer in the world to mass-produce rotary engines in the 1960s. Problems involving fuel efficiency and other issues spelled the death knell of the engine, and in ...

much less a rotary engine. But it's actually far more feasible than one might expect. Let's take the Mazda 787B's R26b, as an example. This engine produces about 690 horsepower in race-trim ...

Even with the rotary engine silent and the car static ... huge engineering challenges to overcome and problems to solve. Here at Mazda’s Dartford HQ, a steady stream of folk come by to ...

Mazda (and other car-makers) have been having lots of problems with the oil level rising in the engines ... So, the solution has been to inject extra diesel into the engine to make the exhaust hotter ...

Additionally, it will play a role in reducing emissions for the brand’s upcoming rotary engine. The new powertrain lineup will allow Mazda to consolidate its engine offerings, reducing the total ...