The rotary's reliability problem was mostly an owner problem. Here's the disciplined playbook that keeps FC 13Bs alive.

Mazda's 787B cemented its place in history by winning Le Mans in 1991, but it never competed at the highest level after that.

The rotary engine is easily one of the most controversial powertrains in the world of cars, and it's known for the brap-brap ...

The rotary engine, with its egg-like block and triangular rotor, is an oddball even among all the other oddball engine designs—sorry, three-cylinder, twin-turbo, camless Koenigsegg, ya basic. That ...

While every enthusiast knows or at least has heard about Mazda legends like the Cosmo Sport, RX-7, RX-8, or the 787B race car, those weren't the only interesting models that the manufacturer has ...

Today on the FRAME, we look at how the legendary rotary engine returns in the Mazda MX-30 as a powerful range extender. Do ...

Reading over the 25 -page document, Mazda describes how a rotary engine is better suited for a hybrid layout over a traditional piston-driven ICE unit. Because of its compact nature, the rotary engine ...

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 ...

This video addresses common questions about the rotary vane engine, focusing on key aspects such as: - The relationship ...

Rotary engines are already known for their high RPM; the smaller they get, the higher they tend to rev. So what happens when the world’s smallest rotary engine gets put to the test? Well, 30,000 RPM ...

It seems like we've been waiting forever for Mazda to come out with a new rotary engine. The last production car to use the unique powerplant was the RX-8, and that car was cancelled all the way back ...

In a world dominated by pistons, the rotary engine was something different for motorists. It was the vision of German engineer Felix Wankel, built on the belief that the up-and-down motion of pistons ...