Why Mazda Built The Three-Rotor 20B Engine (And Used It Just Once)

We look at why Mazda introduced the three-rotor 20B Wankel rotary engine, and why it only ever saw service in the Cosmo coupe ...
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Mazda restarts rotary engine development division

View post: This 'Easy to Use' Tire Inflator That ‘Works Perfectly’ on All Sorts of Tires Is Now Only $15 Another day, another Mazda rotary engine story, except this time, it’s from the automaker ...
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Autopsy Of A First-Generation RX7 Mazda Rotary Car Engine

In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and piston design, replacing it with a simple, single-chamber design and a thick, ...
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The obscure 70s Mazda rotary pickup almost nobody has heard of

The 1970s were full of strange automotive experiments, but few were as unlikely as a compact Japanese pickup powered by a screaming rotary engine. Mazda’s Rotary Engine Pickup, better known as the ...
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Rotary engine set to return, but not in a Mazda

The rotary internal combustion engine made most famous by Japanese car maker Mazda is set to be reborn... in China.