Rotary Engine
Mazda development chief discusses future rotary platform
Mazda is currently working with a very flexible and efficient rotary hybrid platform.
Mazda rotary engine returns in 2020 as an EV range-extender
Yes, it's official. It's really happening.
1993 Mazda RX-7 Retro Review | A '90s hero turns 25
There was nothing else like it on the road – and there still isn't
Driving classic Mazdas to experience the weird and wonderful rotary's triumph
Mazda demonstrated to the world a rotary could stay the distance.
Watch what happens inside a rotary engine
Since it looks like Mazda may very well revive the Wankel rotary engine as a range extender for electric cars, there's no better time to become reacquainted with the quirky internal-combustion engine. And there's hardly a better way to become reacquainted than by peering into a running rotary engine, which you can do with the video above.
Mazda to use rotary engine as a range-extender with its first electric vehicle
A rotary may come, but it might not be what you're hoping for.
Mazda's rotary engine may live on as a range extender (UPDATE)
There's evidence that it will happen.
Mazda will have a new rotary concept at Tokyo show, trying to bring it to production
It's still unlikely, but somewhat less so.
Mazda-Toyota partnership has us dreaming of a rotary hybrid
And like any dream, it probably won't be there when we wake up.
Mazda patents show rotary engine for range-extended EV
We previously saw similar tech in a Mazda2 rotary hybrid.
Sorry, rotary fans, Mazda's RX Vision probably won't happen
The rotary sportscar you want probably isn't coming any time soon, but it's in Mazda's interest to lead you on.
Mazda engineer wants new rotary to be turbocharged
Mazda's drivetrain and powertrain assistant manager wants the company's revived rotary engine to be turbocharged.
50 engineers kept the rotary alive at Mazda for 8 years
For the last eight years, a dedicated team of 50 engineers at Mazda have been working with a small budget to bring the rotary engine back.
Jay Leno drives the incredible Mercedes-Benz C111-II concept
Jay Leno gets to experience one of Mercedes' most interesting vintage concepts on the road with a drive in the 1970 C111-II concept.
Mazda RX-7 could return in 2020
Autocar is the latest with another rumor about a Mazda RX-7 revival, saying Mazda is planning something "significant" for its 100th anniversary in 2020. Reading between the vague lines, however, we wouldn't get our hopes up.
Will the Mazda2 be offered as a PHEV with a rotary engine range extender?
Every few months, it seems a rumor crops up about plans from Mazda to revive the rotary engine. Last November, its CEO said the only way another one could happen is if the project was profitable, and then a month later the automaker showed off the Mazda2 RE Range Extender wi
Mazda CEO says rotary not viable, so don't look for a new one
We have some very sad news to report, rotor-heads fans: Don't expect a new rotary-powered vehicle anytime soon. This comes straight from Masamichi Kogai, the CEO of Mazda, which is the only company to ever market a commercially successful rotary-powered automobile in the world. The issue, as it has pretty much always been, is environmental.