However, practical problems cause it to underperform ... What does the future hold for the Wankel rotary engine? Most likely more of the same. Mazda will continue to support the engine, and ...

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 ...

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

Was the rotary engine a motoring dead ... Despite their problems, rotary engines are often tipped for a comeback, especially by Mazda, the main supporter of their virtues. There was the RX-Vision ...

Regardless of the improvements made in the next-generation rotary engine, we expect to see it being used for extended-range electric vehicles and Mazda’s Skyactiv technology to be incorporated.

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 ...