The piston engine may be the most common type of internal combustion engine found in consumer automotive vehicles. That doesn't mean it's the only option drivers have ever had access to. In the 1960s, ...

Ask most people what a rotary engine is, and they'll describe a Mazda RX-7 with a triangular rotor spinning inside a housing, combustion happening in sequence as the rotor moves rather than across a ...

Image Credit: Agustin Leandro / Unsplash. Mazda and the rotary engine have a relationship that refuses to end. Years after the RX-8 disappeared from showrooms, the automaker is still spending ...

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, ...