However, a humble little SUV has re-introduced such tech into the modern automotive landscape, and that got us thinking, what does the future hold for the Mazda rotary engine? Mazda is a Japanese ...
While Mazda was the first to bring rotary power to the mass market, Mercedes-Benz almost gave them a run for their money.
The Wankel rotary engine, most notably used in automobiles by Mazda, has been around since the late 1950’s. The Wankel rotary is an example of a design which makes sense on paper. However ...
It's 10 years since Mazda showed off this concept, but it's also 50 years since RE Amemiya, a company that built a six-rotor ...
On Sept. 14, the automaker unveiled its first rotary engine-mounted passenger car for the Japanese market in 11 years. The vehicle in question is the plug-in Mazda MX-30 Rotary-EV gas-electric ...
While automobile brands have been making headlines with their green energy solutions (such as the rapidly growing hydrogen engine market), Mazda is now making headlines for their new rotary engine ...
A 13B two-rotor was installed in the middle of this Renault in 2007, according to the seller's listing on Bring a Trailer, ...
the term is much better known as a nickname for the Mazda RX-7 — one of the few cars that used a Wankel, or rotary, engine. If you ever wondered how these worked, why not print a model?
Every few months, it seems a rumor crops up about plans from Mazda to revive the rotary engine. Last November, its CEO said the only way another one could happen is if the project was profitable ...
The company that famously declared it would be the last automaker in the world to field an EV-only fleet has just ...
But where lies the truth? Was the rotary engine a motoring dead end, or should it have been given another chance? In the early 1960s Mazda and NSU joined forces to further develop the rotary ...