The rotary engine is unique in its success and failure and its ability to make an impact with a completely different way of thinking. As it is, every production car for the last 130 years, aside ...

The RX-7 combined a rotary engine with a compelling ... because Mazda still needed to make a case to car buyers that didn't rely solely on engineering diagrams or promises of higher rpm.

By the end of its production run in the early 2000s, the Mazda RX-7 rotary engine made as much as 276 hp. The RX-8 followed ...

Mazda has officially confirmed that the Iconic SP, a concept inspired by the beloved RX-7, will make its way to ... Horse Mazda’s commitment to the rotary engine is central to the Iconic SP.

Yeah . . . when was the last time you heard someone with a Mazda RX-7 say that? Or better yet, someone with a rotary motor? It isn't any secret that the rotary engine has its fair share of problems.

Mazda was, and still is, the biggest name associated with the rotary engine, using it for over 50 years in iconic vehicles like the RX-7 and RX-8. If you've been paying attention to the automotive ...

Mazda is putting together a team to develop an engine to power a new rotary sports car. That said, be ready for the potential offspring of this program to be a big departure from the RX-7 ...

In subsequent years, Mazda put many of the rotary engines in its RX series of sports cars, notably its RX-7, and developed turbo-charged versions putting out impressive horsepower. The company ...

It rose to prominence in the Mazda RX-7 model line, but the last new car ... which used four-cylinder and two-cylinder piston engines. The rotary should be small, light and less intrusive than ...

Felix Wankel’s rotary engine is an engineering marvel because of its simplicity. Rather than the conventional pistons, camshafts, valves, and lifters, his design has a roughly triangular-shaped ...

Mazda will not give up on the rotary engine. The appeal of the spinning triangles must have hypnotized the entire engineering department more than 50 years ago, and so they keep trying to make ...