In its standard form, the Mazda 13B Rotary engine has two rotors that make a distinct 'brap-brap' while at idle, and a 9,000 ...

The 1974 Mazda REPU was the world's only mass-produced rotary pickup truck, featuring a 1.3L Wankel engine with 110 hp and unique styling.

Can a single rotor Miata exist without shaking itself apart? Can a single rotor Miata be even more fun to drive than its ...

Mazda made a splash in the market in 1990, launching the Eunos Cosmo with the three-rotor 20B engine. Compared with contemporary Wankel rotary engines, the 20B's extra rotor beefed the compact ...

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, ...

Record-breaking goal: Rob Dahm's 12-rotor engine aims to produce 5,000 HP, a figure rarely seen outside of drag racing or marine engines. Unique rotary design: The engine combines three four-rotor ...

Rebuilding a race engine isn’t easy, but Mazda Motorsports has it even tougher with a rebuild of one of the most legendary race car engines ever made. The Mazda 787 was the first Japanese and ...

The Wankel rotary engine offers one of the most unique sounds of any ICE. Most famously used in various legendary Mazdas like the RX-7 and the supposedly banned Le ...

The rotary was the most radical rethink of the combustion engine in over a hundred years — and it paid the price for being different. Mazda introduced the innovative Wankel rotary engine in the 1967 ...

Wankel rotary engines, typically but not exclusively found in Mazdas, certainly lean on the "quirkier" side of modern powertrain systems, made quirkier because most rotary-powered cars on the road ...

Everything about this build is pure comedy, and you’ll soon see why. Things start funny, with the builder employing a three-door, second-generation Toyota RAV4 as its blank canvas. Not only does that ...