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 ...

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.

The later engine ... of mini muscle-car to its details (a nod to the importance of the US market), the RX-3 benefits from the same low weight and good front-to-rear balance as all rotary-engined ...

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.

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The MINI Cooper represents the mid-range model and costs £15,300 fitted with a petrol engine, or £16,450 in diesel form. The MINI Cooper S will be the range-topping model from launch – costing ...

The iconic rotary car engine, thought to have been consigned to the dustbin of impractical technology, is making a comeback in Japan from the very automaker that introduced the system as far back ...

Incremental rotary encoders for use in tight spaces may be miniature in design ... The materials of the encoder also affect the vibration and shock rating. Some sensor engines are more susceptible to ...

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 ...

Mazda has been without one of its iconic rotary engines in its line-up since the RX-8 sports car was killed off in 2010. But now the Japanese firm is bring back the technology as part of a novel ...