I have not given up on making a weird novel-type engine run, and I come one little step closer to my goal. What I have given up on, for the time being, is the rotary vane engine. After my last attempt ...

Changan’s R05E prototype achieves first ignition, signaling renewed interest in rotary engines but for a wilder application.

Mazda’s rotary engine is coming back in the spotlight, but this time it’s not just a nostalgic callback to the RX-7 glory days. Instead, it’s quietly shaping the brand’s electrified future. Rather ...

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

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 ...

The electric motor might carry the hype banner at the moment, but some minds remain convinced that there's plenty of innovation left to be extracted from internal combustion. AIE is one of the rotary ...

How the 13B-MSP Renesis evolved from earlier Mazda rotary designs, technical features explained, and common problems and maintenance issues discussed. The 13B-MSP Renesis rotary engine powered the ...

Everyone generally knows about piston and rotary engines, with many a flamewar having been waged over the pros and cons of ...

Professor Aniebiet Inyang Ntui is a multi-faceted individual whose expertise spans the worlds of library and information science, environmental advocacy, and – perhaps surprisingly – the automotive ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Lyon is based in Tokyo and writes about the car industry. Mazda’s rotary engine has been officially reborn, but not quite in ...

Like it or not, the combustion engines that have driven our world forward and sideways for more than a century now are about to leave the scene. Not because they're no longer effective, but because ...

It's difficult to imagine that a company that started out as a cork manufacturer in 1920, would today be a successful automaker on a global level. According to Statista, Mazda sold around 407,000 ...