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

The 1970s were full of strange automotive experiments, but few were as unlikely as a compact Japanese pickup powered by a ...

His automotive adventure started reporting on various motorsport events as a sports writer before moving onto a full-time auto career with various sites, including This Week In Motors and ...

After years of rumors and experimentation behind closed doors, the Mazda rotary engine is officially back. The Vision X-Coupe, a plug-in hybrid concept showcased at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show, has ...

The Mazda Iconic SP concept of the 2023 Japan Mobility Show was the sign of a new Mazda sports car that we’ve been awaiting for a decade—no, two. The Wankel rotary-powered, popup headlight-equipped ...

Mazda is currently working with a very flexible and efficient rotary hybrid platform. The switch can again be flicked from “The Rotary Engine is Doomed” to “The Rotary Engine Lives!” Mazda is ...

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 ...

Mazda has been giving us a lot of information about a possible future hybrid sports car through documents filed with the United States Patent Office. At least one electrified roadster is very likely ...

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 ...

Kenichi Yamamoto, the man behind Mazda’s rotary engine, passed away Dec. 20, 2017, at the age of 95, according to reports. Yamamoto is best known for leading Mazda’s development of the rotary engine ...

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 ...

MINE, Japan -- Mazda Motor Corp. is moving closer to resurrecting its trademark rotary engine — and it could debut in the United States as soon as 2019. But don't expect a performance engine sending ...