Rotary engines have an aura of cool. In games of Top Trumps, the V12 might have been king, but a rotary was a joker, a wild card. A lack of mainstream success no doubt contributes; there are ...

News Culture Soviet Five-Pointed Rotary Is the Final Boss of Wankel Engines The Russian Pentastar is pretty different from its American counterpart. Peter Holderith Oct 20, 2023 4:00 PM EDT ...

While there have been many attempts to develop and commercialize pistonless rotary engines, there are only two versions that have had any degree of real success outside of a lab: the Wankel engine ...

By 1991, Mazda had run out of time -- the 60th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1992 would not allow rotary engines. Fortunately, Mazda engineers had devised a doozy of an engine for the 1991 ...

Mazda is one of the only automotive companies that has commercially used rotary engines, starting with the Cosmo Sport (also known as the 110S) in 1967. Other popular rotary engine-powered ...

Mazda will unveil a new rotary-powered sports car concept at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show later this month.The concept should prove popular with fans of the brand, who have bemoaned the lack of a ...