Rotary engines have plenty of quirks, but they can still put up some impressive power figures. Here are some of the most ...

Small engine manufacturer LiquidPiston is developing a tiny, lightweight, super-efficient engine that functions a lot like Wankel rotary units. Despite that, LiquidPiston says the unit can deliver ...

However, the only major manufacturer still working on Wankel engines for cars is Mazda. The RX series of sports cars has been synonymous with Wankel rotary engines for decades. The last model was ...

if a manufacturer introduces an electric vehicle with a range limited to 100 miles? Mazda does plan to offer its EV crossover ...

However, all was not lost for Dr Wankel and his rotary engines, as he had begun selling licensing agreements to other manufacturers, who too were keen to experiment with this vibration-free ...

and while there’s been talk of a rotary engine being used as a range extender for electric vehicles by several manufacturers (including, unsurprisingly, Mazda) as yet there haven’t been any ...

Hill Delays HX50 First Flight to December 2025 is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week ...

For the past few years, Mazda has been teasing us with concept cars seemingly inspired by some of their contemporary models.

“The history of rotary engine development represents Mazda’s history itself.” Mazda became the first auto manufacturer in the world to mass-produce rotary engines in the 1960s. Problems ...

There's a hybrid system borrowed from Toyota, plus a copycat "strong hybrid" setup to come from within Mazda eventually, maybe with rotary engine power. In the U.S. and Japan, where Mazda has ...

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 ...