While most people might know rotary engines for their use in cars, a pair of companies made use of them in chainsaws — and ...

The 1974 Mazda REPU was the world's only mass-produced rotary pickup truck, featuring a 1.3L Wankel engine with 110 hp and ...

The rotary engine makes a comeback for cars and drones as gasoline gains popularity as a complement to electric motors.

Does anyone else think the Mazda RX-8 used to be the coolest thing on the road. It didn’t matter that it wasn’t that fast. Nor that its rotary engine burns oil like Snoop burns “za,” and slurps gas ...

Wankel rotary engines, typically but not exclusively found in Mazdas, certainly lean on the "quirkier" side of modern powertrain systems, made quirkier because most rotary-powered cars on the road ...

The engine in question was the Wankel rotary, named after German engineer Felix Wankel, who first patented the concept in 1929. Instead of pistons moving back and forth, the rotary engine used a ...

Mazda, for all its visibility has had its shortcomings, particularly when it comes to engines. While there are viable options ...

This is what it takes to maintain a 9,000-rpm racing engine.

Mazda RX-8 comeback hints emerge as the automaker files a fresh trademark. Could the iconic rotary sports car return with ...