As per Mazda's CEO, a single-rotor setup won't be as effective in generating the kind of power they're looking at for ...

Felix Wankel’s rotary engine is an engineering marvel because of its simplicity. Rather than the conventional pistons, ...

By the end of its production run in the early 2000s, the Mazda RX-7 rotary engine made as much as 276 hp. The RX-8 followed with another chapter for the Wankel engine. The Mazda RX-8 rotary engine ...

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 wondered how these worked, why not print a model?

The electrified solution described by the Mazda CEO sounds very similar to the range-extender setup of the Iconic SP concept ...

Today, the car is remembered as a cult hero. And though it’s true that the RX-7’s rotary engine can need a rebuild in as little as 60,000 miles (worn rotor tips are the main cause), a well ...

Specifically, a Spirit R Type A, the ultimate RX-7 and (probably) the best road-going rotary sports car there’s ever been. It ...

In the 1980s and 1990s, the rotary engine propelled RX-7 existed as Mazda's halo sports car. While the RX-7 resembled a true two-door sport coupe, the 2004 debut of the RX-8 presented a coupe with a ...