To this day, the Mazda 787B is the only rotary-powered car to win at Le Mans. How did it survive the 24 hours? Why can't it ...

The rotary engine isn't found very often these days, but the engine has played its own important role in the history of the automobile.

The Wankel engine is the most famous rotary engine, but it isn't the only kind. While they aren't as common these days, they haven't fully gone away.

For a time, the Wankel rotary engine seemed like the future. In 1963, German automaker NSU—later absorbed into Audi—debuted the Wankel Spider, the first internal-combustion production car not ...

Part 1: The rotary engine’s origin story and how Mazda became synonymous with the unique combustion engine. From the June 2010 issue of Modified magazine.

LiquidPiston's tiny rotary engine is a modern take on the Wankel rotary, and it's around the same size as a basketball.

Astron aerospace has shown a partial prototype of a new rotary combustion engine it claims runs at an extraordinary 60% thermal efficiency, burning totally clean with zero NOx emissions and ...

Over-the-top rotary builds are an enthusiast tradition. 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 ...

Rotary Engine Tuning So you've found a rotary-powered Mazda you want to buy and have compression-tested the engine and it checks out perfectly.

At the moment, the only modern sports car upholding this legacy is the MX-5 Miata ND, but not for much longer. The latest ...