Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel. The Wankel rotary engine, most notably used in automobiles by Mazda, has been around since the late 1950’s.

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

The whirring noise penetrates the cramped cabin bright and loud. The speedometer shows just 3500 rpm, but it sounds more like ...

Since it looks like Mazda may very well revive the Wankel rotary engine as a range extender for electric cars, there's no better time to become reacquainted with the quirky internal-combustion engine.

The engine itself features a novel design that's kind of like an inside-out Wankel rotary engine, and delivers a jaw-dropping power density of up to 1.5 horsepower per pound. At 210 lb ...

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 ...

The only cars in recent times to utilise a Wankel rotary engine have been Mazdas – the RX-8 being the most recent. But the revolutionary engine has made an appearance in plenty of other vehicles ...

Thus rotary engines tend to have high specific ... The C111-I of 1969 had a three-rotor Wankel engine with 276bhp, while the C111-II of 1970 featured a four-rotor engine with 345bhp, giving ...

Mazda's Wankel rotary engine has always been unique in the automotive landscape as a mass-produced internal combustion engine that eschews such unsightly items as pistons, valves and camshafts.

Look, there is no denying that the Wankel rotary engine is a reliability nightmare. However, if you know how to take care of RX-7 FC's engine, it can be durable. With good quality oil ...

Lexus had the LS, but what Mazda nearly had could've been so much greater. But the odds were always stacked against the ...