The rotary engine may have mostly been abandoned for the piston design found in most conventional car engines, but a couple ...

The Honda Chimney Engine represents a bold leap forward in engine technology, integrating a valve within the piston and ...

On this feature of the FRAME, we explore the Production line of rotary engines Mazda MX-30. Check out how these ...

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The Wankel rotary engine, most notably used in automobiles by Mazda, has been around since the late 1950’s. The Wankel rotary is an example of a design which makes sense on paper.

Few attributes will catapult a sports car from mediocre to memorable faster than a great engine. Taking that knowledge to heart, Mazda created its RX-7 around a very different engine–a rotary ...

It has stuffed a little rotary engine – attached to a generator and a tiny gas tank – under the trunk of its subcompact Mazda2. It's the "range extender" for its battery-electric car.

Rotary engines weren't successful for all manufacturers. NSU's problems with its flagship rotary saloon, the Ro80, led its downfall and eventual takeover by Volkswagen.

So the rotary engine definitely won't make a return anytime soon. But if we all give Mazda enough of our money, maybe the RX-9 will actually happen. Mazda RX Vision concept pictured. Source: Car ...

Discover the top 10 high-revving engines that outshine V8s in sound and performance, from iconic rotary engines to mighty new ...

Rotary porting can also have a similar effect to swapping higher lift and longer duration camshafts into a piston engine. That's because the shape of the port aperture or opening controls port ...

Half a globe away, Mercedes-Benz was heavily considering using a version of a rotary engine, called the "M 950", on a massive scale in the late 1960s and early 1970s.