In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and piston design, replacing it with a simple, single-chamber design and a thick, ...

Mazda’s iconic rotary engine might finally drive the wheels directly again, rather than sit under the hood as a hot rod ...

Mazda confirms its next rotary engine won't just be a range extender. Here's what the direct-drive rotary-hybrid shift could ...

Kyle has written professionally across the motorsport and motoring world since graduating from Plymouth University in 2018, and has acted as the MotoGP editor for Motorsport Week and as a Features ...

Mazda's last attempt at a rotary was for a range extender, but it says its next one will actually power the car and not just charge batteries.

The rotary engine has been a Mazda staple since 1967. It powered one of the most famous and eccentric Japanese sports car line-ups, the RX-series, until 2012 when Mazda discontinued pure ...

Mazda's hoping to once again let its rotary engines power the wheels on a car and not just act like a generator for a battery ...

If there's one thing forever associated with the Wankel rotary engine, it's Mazda. Powering production vehicles from the Cosmo's launch in May 1967 to the last RX-8 leaving the plant in June 2012, the ...

The piston engine may be the most common type of internal combustion engine found in consumer automotive vehicles. That doesn't mean it's the only option drivers have ever had access to. In the 1960s, ...