The rotary engine was an unconventional design that delivered great power for its size. Here's what's good and bad about it.

Pop the hood on a classic Mazda RX-7 or RX-8 and the engine bay looks […] ...

The R130 was a very rare model, produced for only three years and with fewer than 1,000 units built. It was also notable as the only front-wheel-drive Mazda model powered by a rotary engine until the ...

Many Mazda employees want a new rotary sports car, and this could be the “push” the company needs, but at what cost?

Think you know everything about rotary engines? Well have you ever heard of the bi-rotary engine that mixes pistons and ...

Chris Bruce has worked in the automotive industry since 2011 and has written thousands of stories about cars, motorsports, and motorcycles in that time. He has written for Autoblog, Autoviva, CarFax, ...

The electric motor might carry the hype banner at the moment, but some minds remain convinced that there's plenty of innovation left to be extracted from internal combustion. AIE is one of the rotary ...

Mazda’s interest in the rotary engine didn’t disappear with the end of the RX-7. Over the years, rumors, patent filings, and ...

The Wankel rotary engine is known for its troubled life in the mainstream automotive industry, its high power-to-weight ratio, and the intoxicating buzz it makes at full tilt. Popular with die-hard ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Perfectly tuning the heat range of an engine's spark plugs is something of a dark art to all but the most well versed tuners and ...

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