Along with its contemporary, the Mazda Luce, the Ro 80 set an early precedent for the rotary engine's usage in vehicles other than specialist sports cars and toolroom prototypes. However ...

Subsequently, rotary-engined cars were banned at La Sarthe, but the 1991 win demonstrated that when properly developed, a rotary engine could compete with, and beat, the best piston-propelled ...

Car’s editors noted that the Wankel engine’s smooth operation was most ... Afterward, the FIA announced that rotary engines would no longer be allowed at Le Mans.

While some people treat them gingerly, many people drive these cars hard. Aftermarket performance parts like turbochargers will also negatively impact engine reliability. The Wankel rotary story ...

Is the rotary sports car revival really happening? For over a decade, we’ve been hearing Mazda say it will bring it back in ...

Dahm's latest project is to swap an NA Miata's four-cylinder out for a compact rotary engine. But unlike other ... but still light enough to sit with the stock cars, and not so overwhelmingly ...

boasts a maximum driving range for cars in its class. “The rotary engine was the only option that could be housed in the vehicle’s body alongside a motor drive system to ensure a certain level ...

Have you ever seen Mazda's collection of concept cars? The famed Japanese automaker ... Le Mans with a car not powered by a reciprocating engine. Some concepts featured quirks and components ...

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 ...