It's difficult to find cars with rotary engines today. Piston-driven engines are more common because the drawbacks of rotary ...

Audi's 2010 A1 e-tron concept used a tiny 254cc Wankel rotary engine as a range extender — here's why it never reached ...

Antonio is a chemical engineering student pursuing his master's degree in chemical engineering and sustainable processes. Throughout his academic journey, he has gained substantial knowledge in areas ...

After years of false hope, Mazda is finally building a mass production model with a rotary engine. That’s something that hasn’t occurred in over a decade as the RX-8 was discontinued in June of 2012.

Rotary engines (also known as Wankel engines and Wankel rotary engines) are quite different from piston or "reciprocating" engines. One of the distinguishing features is that they don't need valves to ...

When people defend that internal combustion engines (ICEs) still have a role to play in personal transportation, they are correct. Having an electric motor driving the wheels does not necessarily ...

As a used-car, what the RX-8 mostly has to offer is a point of difference. That little rotary engine will spin happily from ...

The rotary is kind of like the Rudy (from the movie “Rudy”) of engines. It’s a little smaller than the others, and might not be quite as good, but you can’t help rooting for it. Mazda says that you ...

Over-the-top rotary builds are an enthusiast tradition. Because so few rotary cars have been made, the limits of the engine type haven't been fully exploited by automakers. It's been tuners who have ...

It’s been over a decade since Mazda showed off a hydrogen rotary engine, but the lessons in engineering linger to this day. When it comes to engines, the Wankel rotary is one of the lightest and ...

View post: The Safest Car Brands in 2026 Have a Clear Winner Mazda’s green rotary development was focused on hydrogen well before hybrids. As early as 1991, Mazda exhibited a concept called the HR-X, ...

Up until 2020, when the eighth generation debuted with a mid-engined layout, the Chevrolet Corvette was the epitome of front-engined American sports cars. But Chevrolet experimented with quite a few ...