Wankel engines first saw use in production cars as early as 1964 -- and not even in a Mazda, but rather in an NSU. That ...

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The Mazda RX-7 is more than a car. It’s about balance, innovation and being different. Most cars use engines but Mazda used a ...

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The traditional piston engine has garnered the vast majority of attention and application in the internal combustion age, but there was another: the Wankel rotary engine. German engineer Felix Wankel ...

Mazda’s rotary engine is coming back in the spotlight, but this time it’s not just a nostalgic callback to the RX-7 glory days. Instead, it’s quietly shaping the brand’s electrified future. Rather ...

MTU Aero Engines is convinced that the dynamics of the narrowbody market are likely to prevent an open-rotor design from being adopted on a future single-aisle due to the need to preserve customer ...

Engine rotor-overspeed certification standards have been amended by FAA. The new rule, which goes into effect Sept. 16, establishes uniform rotor-overspeed design and test requirements for aircraft ...

Rob Dahm, notorious rotary-powered car builder, has firmly jumped into the deep end of the pool with his latest project: The world's only 15.7-liter, tri-turbo Y12 rotary engine. If that doesn't make ...

Mazda's famous rotary engine finally made its big return last year, but it wasn't under the hood of a replacement for the RX-8. In fact, it wasn't even in a performance car at all. Instead, it served ...