The traditional piston engine has garnered the vast majority of attention and application in the internal combustion age, but there was another: the Wankel rotary engine. German engineer Felix ...
The car’s 2.6-litre four-rotor unit produced 697bhp at 9000rpm and 448lb ft of torque at 6500rpm in race trim (Mazda claims 845bhp could be produced in qualifying spec), ensuring the engine’s ...
The small 1.3 liter 232 horsepower two rotor engine in the 2011 Mazda RX-8 gets worse fuel economy (16 city / 23 highway) than the 6.2 liter 455 horsepower V8 engine used in the 2015 Corvette ...
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.
Both 787Bs were powered by 2.6-liter four-rotor engines that were detuned to 700 horsepower. Afterward, the FIA announced that rotary engines would no longer be allowed at Le Mans.
The latest version adds a rotary engine to its compact predecessor, with prices ranging from 4.2 million yen ($28,000) to 4.9 million yen after tax. The MX-30 Rotary-EV will arrive on the Japanese ...
The tiny single-rotor 330cc ... range of the Mazda 2 EV before needing its small fuel tank filled up. At this early stage Mazda is coy about the exact capabilities of the engine and the timescale ...
Ghorbaniasl [Opens in a new window] and Open rotors can play a critical role towards ... with the uncertainty being amplified through the engine. In comparison, the aeroacoustic footprint of the ...