Everyone generally knows about piston and rotary engines, with many a flamewar having been waged over the pros and cons of ...
Chinese firm Dongan Auto revives the Wankel engine, developing a lightweight prototype aimed at next-gen aerial mobility ...
After years of rumors and experimentation behind closed doors, the Mazda rotary engine is officially back. The Vision X-Coupe, a plug-in hybrid concept showcased at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show, has ...
Changan’s R05E prototype achieves first ignition, signaling renewed interest in rotary engines but for a wilder application.
The rotary engine has been a Mazda staple since 1967. It powered one of the most famous and eccentric Japanese sports car line-ups, the RX-series, until 2012 when Mazda discontinued pure ...
Mazda's Wankel rotary powerplant boasts a proud and storied endurance racing career that began and ended in truly spectacular fashion. The rotary first took to a European circuit in anger in 1968, ...
We live in an age of downsizing in the automotive world. Super and hypercar manufacturers like McLaren and Ferrari are ditching big-capacity, high-cylinder count engines in favor of boosted V6 and V8 ...