Mazda has never been scared to try something different, and its 1990s luxury coupe embodies this approach as well as any ...

The rotary engine has been absent on the frontline for quite some time, and it's on the way back. But not with Mazda.

Rotary engines such as the Wankel have strange shapes that can be difficult to machine (as evidenced by the specialized production machines and patents in the 70s), which means it lends itself well to ...

“The higher the rpm, the better it goes,” Manny Barreiros says of his 1967 NSU Wankel Spider, the first rotary-powered production car. Ironically perhaps, the rev-happy character of the Wankel would ...

For more than a decade the name Wankel has popped up whenever car enthusiasts start talking about advanced-design automotive powerplants. The theory of the Wankel engine goes back to 1954 when Dr.

Longtime friend of Jalopnik and myself, Tom Jennings, is a huge Rambler fan and walking, moist column of Rambler-knowledge, so when he encounters something Rambler-related he wasn't aware of, you know ...

Although it showed plenty of promise during development, the rotary engine was never widely used. Rotary (or Wankel) engines are renowned for smoothness, but they chew through fuel and lack torque ...

Mazda has been burning up the rumor hotline this year, and enthusiasts are eager to consume the latest exciting developments. Interestingly, Mazda news seems to be breaking in the New Nissan Z forum ...

With news that Chevrolet is playing with the idea of a mid-engine Corvette, we are reminded of several that date back more than 40 years ago. That was the same time when major automobile manufacturers ...

How many rotors is too many rotors? If you're Tyson Garvin, the number is somewhere north of 12. Garvin is an endurance powerboat racer who has twice set the record for the run from New York City to ...

The Wankel engine is the greatest automotive engine story that never was. It was the way of the future, a simpler engine for an easier life. And today, not one single car is being made with one. Mazda ...