Sure, the rotary engine may be an oil-eating machine filled with Nazi-designed spinning tortilla chips that turn money into nightmares, but god, I love them. My first car was an RX-7, and while, ...

Over a decade ago, Ken Block broke the Internet when he released his famous Gymkhana videos. It takes more than that these days for jaws to drop, and a reduced attention span isn't helpful, either. It ...

Garvin constructed the Y12 from a single block of 7075 aluminum, a material used in NASA’s Space Shuttle and the Saturn V rocket. The choice was intentional—it offered the strength to withstand ...

Mazda is threatening to bring your memes closer to reality with this turbocharged hybrid rotary coupe concept.

It has the same dimensions and bolt pattern as a Chevy big block V8. Does it exist? Is it a myth? Has it ever run? Does it really make 5,000 horsepower? These are just some of the questions we’ve been ...

This is the latest concept with a rotary engine. The Iconic SP concept, seen as a Mazda RX-7 successor, was first shown at ...

Mazda revives the rotary spirit with the Vision X-Coupe PHEV concept, delivering 503 bhp and carbon-capturing tech at Japan ...

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 ...

Rotary engines (also known as Wankel engines and Wankel rotary engines) are quite different from piston or "reciprocating" engines. One of the distinguishing features is that they don't need valves to ...

The rotary engine is unique in its success and failure and its ability to make an impact with a completely different way of thinking. As it is, every production car for the last 130 years, aside from ...

Mazda's famous rotary engine finally made its big return last year, but it wasn't under the hood of a replacement for the RX-8. In fact, it wasn't even in a performance car at all. Instead, it served ...