While little about the rotary engine merits the word ... We're trying to stretch the PV diagram in every direction to get more energy, more work extracted from a given amount of fuel," Shkolnik ...

That last rotary was the 2012 RX-8, which used a 1.3-liter twin-rotor engine. The final engine was built on June 22, 2012,exactly 11 years ago. The MX-30 R-EV’s engine is an 830-cc single rotor ...

In the Venn diagram ... over the rotary-powered Corvette drift machine from tip to tail. Obviously, one of the wilder bits is under the hood, where we find a Mazda 20B rotary engine.

A Wankel engine is a type of rotary engine, but not all rotary engines are Wankel engines. Wrapping your mind around this idea will help you to better understand the similarities as well as the ...

Sadly, the rotary engine basically died off in 2008 when production of the RX-8 sports car ceased. However, a humble little SUV has re-introduced such tech into the modern automotive landscape ...

Because so few rotary cars have been made, the limits of the engine type haven't been fully exploited by automakers. It's been tuners who have built us big turbo rotaries, four-rotor engines ...

The rotary engine has been a Mazda staple since 1967. It powered one of the most famous and eccentric Japanese sports car line-ups, the RX-series, until 2012 when Mazda discontinued pure rotary ...

The rotary engine is perhaps one of the most polarizing motors to have ever been commercialized. From its checkered past to its intent to live on as a range extender, the small spinning triangle ...

The theory of the Wankel engine goes back to 1954 when Dr. Felix Wankel of Germany patented the epitrochoid principle of using a three-pointed rotor inside a two-lobe casing, thereby using rotary ...

The latest version adds a rotary engine to its compact predecessor, with prices ranging from 4.2 million yen ($28,000) to 4.9 million yen after tax. The MX-30 Rotary-EV will arrive on the Japanese ...