German engineer Felix Wankel designed the rotary engine ... Join us as we review seven of the most powerful rotary engines ever put in a car. The 757 wasn't Mazda's first attempt at a rotary ...

Through the history of internal combustion engines, there has been plenty of evolution, but few revolutions. Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel.

Wankel's Rotary Engine Was A Hit The stylish Spider — available in Alfa Red or Lily White — was the world's first production ...

But like all rotary-engined cars, it had a tragic thirst for fuel ... The C111-I of 1969 had a three-rotor Wankel engine with 276bhp, while the C111-II of 1970 featured a four-rotor engine ...

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.

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

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.

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 ...

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

That solves durability and emissions issues that you'd typically encounter with Wankel rotary engines ... he added that the engines that make it into mass-manufactured cars take a lot of testing ...

Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Wankel Engines Market by Type ... in the manufacturing and development of rotary engines is expected to steadily increase Wankel engines ...