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 ...

In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and piston design, replacing it with a simple, single-chamber design and a thick, ...

You step into Retromobile this year and find that one of the loudest stories in the hall is not about a new supercar, but about a victory that reshaped endurance racing 35 years ago. Mazda is using ...

One of the most important factors of a true driver's car is the noise it makes. Most engine notes can be described by a growl or a hum. But the engine in the Mazda RX-7 sounds like a nest of angry ...

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 ...

It rose to prominence in the Mazda RX-7 model line, but the last new car feature one was the Mazda RX-8. Since then, Mazda has been continually developing the technology with the aim of bringing it ...

"I really can't remember having any issues with this car." Yeah . . . when was the last time you heard someone with a Mazda RX-7 say that? Or better yet, someone with a rotary motor? It isn't any ...

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 ...

The rotary engine put Mazda on the map since the engine's debut in 1967, and is fondly remembered by most automotive enthusiasts regardless of what type of car or brand they ascribe to. Everything ...