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

Mazda isn't ready to give up on bringing ... This development group has the hard task of trying to make the rotary stack up to modern internal combustion engines in terms of emissions and fuel ...

Although there was briefly a company called Rotary Rocket, the term is much better known as a nickname for the Mazda RX-7 — one of the few cars that used a Wankel, or rotary, engine. If you ever ...

But the engine may find applications outside of its traditional role. Not only is Mazda pursuing a rotary engine to power a vehicle, Davis admits Mazda is also investigating ways to use the design ...

Mazda workers improved the fuel efficiency of the engine, which has long presented a challenge, by, for example, reviewing the composition of its parts and having the rotary engine continue ...

On Sept. 14, the automaker unveiled its first rotary engine-mounted passenger car for the Japanese market in 11 years. The vehicle in question is the plug-in Mazda MX-30 Rotary-EV gas-electric ...