Idled for 11 years, Mazda Motor Corp.'s famed rotary engine is set to roar back to life this spring, this time helping to power a plug-in hybrid vehicle. The rotary engine, which Mazda was the first ...

Kyle is a writer who focuses mostly on motoring and motorsport-related content. His future in the automotive world has been guaranteed since he was a kid, as he remembers rattling off the names of car ...

Engines such as automobiles and airplanes, vehicles and machines around the world are equipped with engines that generate power. Ever since the first steam engine was invented in the mid 1600's, ...

You should premix oil and gas for a rotary engine if the model is has apex seal issues, you plan to race the car, or you ...

Liquid Piston, an engine development company based in Connecticut, USA, succeeded in reducing the size to one-fifth the size of the current portable generator, and the U.S. Army Won the small and ...

Wankel engines first saw use in production cars as early as 1964 — and not even in a Mazda, but rather in an NSU. That little single-rotor powerplant quickly evolved into the more typical two-rotor ...

The world of liquids influenced the Nagare’s design. Mazda’s design team looked at the way liquids behave, drawing ...

The iconic rotary car engine, thought to have been consigned to the dustbin of impractical technology, is making a comeback in Japan from the very automaker that introduced the system as far back as ...

Chris Bruce has worked in the automotive industry since 2011 and has written thousands of stories about cars, motorsports, and motorcycles in that time. He has written for Autoblog, Autoviva, CarFax, ...

The Mazda Iconic SP sports car concept was first shown at the 2023 Japan Mobility Show. The two-seater in Viola Red with 2+2 interior space was promised as a production car, similar in design, in the ...

In this fascinating video, we journey through the intricate process of building a rotary valve engine from scratch. Watch as we delve into the mechanics and craftsmanship involved, showcasing each ...