How linear, rotary, reciprocating and oscillating motion are evolving as customization grows and new capabilities emerge.

Good news, everyone! Mazda is not only reassembling a dedicated team of engineers for rotary engine development, as we’ve reported earlier, but today it also announced its intention to expedite ...

For more than a decade the name Wankel has popped up whenever car enthusiasts start talking about advanced-design automotive powerplants. The theory of the Wankel engine goes back to 1954 when Dr.

After what feels like countless news stories anticipating its return, the rotary engine is officially back as a backup generator for the new Mazda MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV. Whereas the regular MX-30 is a ...

After years of false hope, Mazda is finally building a mass production model with a rotary engine. That’s something that hasn’t occurred in over a decade as the RX-8 was discontinued in June of 2012.

At long last, the rotary engine is back. Over a decade after the RX-8 was cancelled, Mazda has announced an all-new rotary powerplant that's going into production. It's just not in an RX-8 successor, ...

Internal combustion engines have long been at the heart of automobiles, serving as their main driving force over the decades. Traditionally, combustion engines rely on a configuration of cylinders and ...

The traditional piston engine has garnered the vast majority of attention and application in the internal combustion age, but there was another: the Wankel rotary engine. German engineer Felix Wankel ...

Amrit has been in love with trucks ever since the first time he rode in his dad's work truck when he was 5 years old. Over the years, he has fallen in love with classic cars and spends all his spare ...

For what seems like an eternity, Mazda has constantly teased its most ardent supporters with the possibility that it would resurrect its rotary engine that the automaker made famous in its cars and ...