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 ...

And that, in turn, means that it is very difficult to turn a profit on vehicles with rotary engines, particularly for a small automaker like Mazda. There is a sliver of hope, though. "We are the ...

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Mazda isn't ready to give up on bringing ... This development group has the hard task of trying to make the rotary stack up to modern internal combustion engines in terms of emissions and fuel ...

Additionally, it will play a role in reducing emissions for the brand’s upcoming rotary engine. The new powertrain lineup ...

Mazda has confirmed that it’s working on a new rotary engine that could see production within five years. The rotary, which last saw production in the RX-8 sports car, has been removed from the ...

The new Mazda rotary engine could be turbocharged, making a lot of dreams come true. In a recent interview with Motoring, Mazda’s drivetrain and powertrain assistant manager, Tetsushi Marutani ...

The Wankel rotary engine, most notably used in automobiles by Mazda, has been around since the late 1950’s. The Wankel rotary is an example of a design which makes sense on paper. However ...

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?

On Sept. 14, the automaker unveiled its first rotary engine-mounted passenger car for the Japanese market in 11 years. The vehicle in question is the plug-in Mazda MX-30 Rotary-EV gas-electric ...