Mazda is notorious for putting rotary engines under the hood of its cars, but here are six models from other manufacturers ...

In the late 1960s, a Japanese automaker took a bold leap with an unconventional engine that defied traditional design.

I nvented by a German but perfected by the Japanese, the Wankel rotary engine is best-known for powering a slew of brilliant Mazdas from the '60s to the '90s. Unfortunately, it ha ...

The Mazda Miata is beloved for being tiny and light, a combination of qualities most modern automakers seem to avoid like the ...

Since the engine is mounted longitudinally, it powers only the rear wheels, which is a role reversal for the typically ...

We all know about opinions – everyone’s got one etcetera – but there’s perhaps nothing quite as divisive in the automotive world as the rotary engine. Aficionados will wax lyrical about ...

Car’s editors noted that the Wankel engine ... Afterward, the FIA announced that rotary engines would no longer be allowed at Le Mans.

However, the only major manufacturer still working on Wankel engines for cars is Mazda. The RX series of sports cars has been synonymous with Wankel rotary engines for decades. The last model was ...

Mazda RX-8 had an MSRP of just over $26,000 and recently changed hands for half that sum at auction. Was it a good deal?

2017 marks fifty years since Mazda produced its first Wankel rotary-engined car. There is, sadly, no 2017 Mazda RX-anything to celebrate that fact, but thankfully the Hiroshima-based manufacturer ...

Besides the new four-cylinder engine, Mazda will apply SkyActiv-Z combustion and emission technologies to future inline-six ...

CAR magazine UK reports on Mazda's latest engine developments – Skyactiv-Z – and what it means for the future of combustion ...