The rotary engine may have mostly been abandoned for the piston design found in most conventional car engines, but a couple ...

On this feature of the FRAME, we explore the Production line of rotary engines Mazda MX-30. Check out how these ...

The Mazda RX-8 rotary engine produced 232 hp and the car could go from 0-62 mph in just 6.3 seconds. This unique sports car also featured rear-hinged doors for easier access to the back seats.

Mazda’s efforts to revive the rotary engine have taken a twist. The automaker discontinued the use of rotaries in 2012, due largely to their relatively poor fuel economy and emissions, but a ...

Mazda ’s on-again, off-again next-generation rotary engine is in limbo once more. It was unveiled as a range extender for the MX-30, but the firm backpedaled and said it’s too early to tell ...

The rotary engine is still spinning at Mazda. The automaker ceased production of its Wankel motors in 2012, but Mazda president Masamichi Kogai told Autocar that he still has a team working ...

So the rotary engine definitely won't make a return anytime soon. But if we all give Mazda enough of our money, maybe the RX-9 will actually happen. Mazda RX Vision concept pictured. Source: Car ...

At the end of 2011, the Mazda RX-8 rotary-powered sport coupe/sedan will cease to exist in new-car showrooms. With it, the mass-produced rotary engine will take another hiatus.

No doubt Mazda hopes that lightning will strike again with its 2004 RX-8, which brings back the rotary engine after a nine-year absence from the U.S.

Unfortunately for rotary fans, it might still be a while before Mazda spills the details on its new rotary engine and where it might be used. It’s worth noting that March 2018 will mark the 40th ...

Mazda persevered, however, and found success throughout the 1970s and 80s with successive generations of its RX-7 sports car, despite rotary engines' comparative fuel inefficiency.

Mazda says during its production, over 1.99-million rotary engine vehicles were produced, and for now, it seems like the automaker isn’t looking forward to the two-millionth unit.