The most famous rotary engine in motorsport history is coming to America. Mazda Motorsports will headline the 2026 Rolex ...

Despite electrification taking the lead as an alternative source of propulsion, some automakers, including Toyota, Honda, and ...

The rotary's reliability problem was mostly an owner problem. Here's the disciplined playbook that keeps FC 13Bs alive.

Rotary engines carry a mixed public reputation that is partly justified and partly overstated. The Wankel design presents mechanical weaknesses that piston engines do not face. Apex seal degradation ...

Sometimes we get fixated on things: songs, hobbies, or romantic interests. But that sometimes also happens in the automotive space – whether the real one or the fictional realm. If you want an ...

The Japanese automaker Mazda is currently focused on its most important new models, which are two compact crossover SUVs. But the rumor mill and the parallel universes of vehicular CGI, along with the ...

The rotary was the most radical rethink of the combustion engine in over a hundred years — and it paid the price for being different. Mazda introduced the innovative Wankel rotary engine in the 1967 ...

Despite its critics and moves toward electrification, the internal combustion engine is not yet dead. Though its design for passenger vehicles may have begun to reach its apex with Mazda’s Skyactiv ...

Mazda took the racing world by surprise when it won the 1991 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The victory was significant for two reasons: It marked the first time a Japanese company took first ...

Not only are Chinese carmakers redefining the world of EVs, but one of them is now taking on the Wankel rotary engine. Originally designed by German engineer Felix Wankel and later refined into a ...

Go onboard a Mazda RX 3 racecar powered by an 11000rpm 2 rotor 12A rotary engine at the Salzburgring circuit. High revs, full throttle runs and raw rotary sound. No music — only pure race audio. Trump ...

Back in 2023, Mazda first teased that the rotary engine could be destined for another lease on life with the RX-7-like Iconic SP Concept. Two years later, Mazda is back with another sporty concept ...