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

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

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.

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.

Ah, the Wankel ... whose engines are worked on by Pulse Performance. Scroll below to see the video and hear it for yourself. The engine's sound is not what you would expect from a rotary, and ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

German engineer Felix Wankel invented the rotary engine ... But since the 2012 model year, Mazda hasn't offered a rotary-engine car in the U.S., so here's your chance. It's the right spec ...