Mazda’s CEO said the response to the Iconic-SP concept was good enough to restart rotary engine development, too.

Sadly, the only remaining rotary in a vehicle other than a concept car doesn't even power its wheels, being the one-rotor range extender in the Mazda MX-30. These engines certainly have the ...

We all know about opinions – everyone’s got one etcetera – but there’s perhaps nothing quite as divisive in the automotive world as the rotary engine. Aficionados will wax lyrical about ...

Car’s editors noted that the Wankel engine ... Afterward, the FIA announced that rotary engines would no longer be allowed at Le Mans.

However, the only major manufacturer still working on Wankel engines for cars is Mazda. The RX series of sports cars has been synonymous with Wankel rotary engines for decades. The last model was ...

Is the rotary sports car revival really happening? For over a decade, we’ve been hearing Mazda say it will bring it back in ...

2017 marks fifty years since Mazda produced its first Wankel rotary-engined car. There is, sadly, no 2017 Mazda RX-anything to celebrate that fact, but thankfully the Hiroshima-based manufacturer ...

When people think of Japanese cars, they usually picture rock-solid reliability. That’s not always the reality of ownership.

Mark it down, auto enthusiasts. Mazda built its last rotary engine on Friday, June 22. By final, we mean the line that assembled Renesis engines for Mazda's RX-8 sports car was idled, and there ...

The iconic rotary car engine, thought to have been consigned to the dustbin of impractical technology, is making a comeback in Japan from the very automaker that introduced the system as far back ...