Chinese firm Dongan Auto revives the Wankel engine, developing a lightweight prototype aimed at next-gen aerial mobility ...

A company called Changan has developed a new rotary engine, according to reports from CarNewsChina. It’s called the R05E, and ...

The rotary is kind of like the Rudy (from the movie “Rudy”) of engines. It’s a little smaller than the others, and might not be quite as good, but you can’t help rooting for it. Mazda says that you ...

The Mazda RX-7, especially the third-generation model, is largely responsible for making the rotary engine popular. It's arguably the most iconic Mazda out there, but that's because we forget about ...

Rejoice, Wankel fans—Mazda is thinking about bringing back the rotary. Granted, we’ve been down this road before and nothing came of it, but this is a different story. The rotary motor likely isn’t ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rotary engines, also known as Wankel engines, have some of the most rabid and loyal followings of lovabale nutjobs of any pretty-much-failed technology. I think rotaries are fantastic, but, let's be ...

Mazda continues to officially remain quiet on the future of the rotary, but today is all about the engine’s past. There has been an assortment of rumors in recent years surrounding the development of ...

The Wankel rotary engine could return to a Mazda car as early as 2019, but it won’t be spinning its wheels. CarsGuide reports that Mazda’s head of research and development, Kiyoshi Fujiwara, has ...

The rumor is now a fact: Mazda announced today that it would bring back the legendary rotary engine, though not as the main powerplant of a car. Instead, a version of the rotary will act as a range ...

Ever since the death of the RX-8 in 2012, we've been wondering when a rotary engine would return to a production car. Well, according to this latest report from Automotive News, it could happen as ...