The Wankel engine is named after its inventor, Felix Wankel. In the 1960s, Mazda's president, Tsuneji Matsuda, sought to ...

Through the history of internal combustion engines, there has been plenty of evolution, but few revolutions. Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel. The Wankel ...

LiquidPiston says its new XTS-210 solves the efficiency, lubrication and fuel type issues of Wankel rotary engines. This supercharged, liquid-cooled two-stroke claims 5X the power of an equivalent ...

We haven’t seen the last of the spinning triangles. Back in March, Martijn ten Brink, Mazda Motor Europe's vice president of sales and customer service, ignited gearheads everywhere when he told Dutch ...

Transforming the up-and-down movement of a piston into a rotational one means losing some power due to friction, and that's why many engineers tried to create a rotary engine. But only one made it ...

In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and piston design, replacing it with a simple, single-chamber design and a thick, ...

The electric motor might carry the hype banner at the moment, but some minds remain convinced that there's plenty of innovation left to be extracted from internal combustion. AIE is one of the rotary ...

A Wankel engine is a type of rotary engine, but not all rotary engines are Wankel engines. Wrapping your mind around this idea will help you to better understand the similarities as well as the ...

Joseph is a passionate car enthuisast who has years of casual shop experience working on vehicles of all shapes and sizes. In addition, he possess a natural passion for automotives, which he has been ...

Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Wankel Engines Market by Type (Water Cooled and Air Cooled), and Application (Automotive and Aerospace): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry ...

Only 1134 Mazda RX-8s were purchased here in 2010. The lack of interest means that Mazda will probably shelve its rotary engine later this year. But weep not, rotorheads, because salvation is at hand.