The Japanese automaker known as Mazda actually has a pretty unique history that involves both rotary engines and trucks. It's the primary automaker linked to rotary or Wankel engines, as Mercedes-Benz ...

A gentleman named Michael Whiddett has revealed his intention to install a rotary-powered engine into a 1986 March F1 chassis ...

Formula 1 and drifting are polar opposites in the motorsport world, but "Mad Mike” Whiddett doesn’t seem to have gotten the ...

Rotary might be a good name for this sort of engine, if the name wasn't already taken. Everything inside the crankcase rotates, but unlike a Wankel-style rotary engine, this design uses a piston with ...

Almost every internal combustion vehicle on the planet today uses the classic piston engine. These run by converting heat energy into reciprocating motion, and then rotary motion that ultimately ...

Everyone generally knows about piston and rotary engines, with many a flamewar having been waged over the pros and cons of each design. The “correct” answer is thus to combine both into a single ...

The Wankel rotary engine offers one of the most unique sounds of any ICE. Most famously used in various legendary Mazdas like the RX-7 and the supposedly banned Le ...