Wankel fans, it’s time to celebrate! A new rotary engine is certainly in development by Mazda, and it will make its debut in two years under the hood of an all-new model. Known internally as the 16X, ...

A t Mazda, the desire for a Mazda RX-7 successor is there. The Iconic SP concept is the blueprint, too, and a next-generation ...

A hybrid revival of the Mazda Cosmo makes sense in today’s market—here’s what Mazda would need to nail to bring back the ...

Mazda is determined to see the “R” in “RX” live up to its name. For the Japanese automaker, the R in the RX nameplate refers to rotary, which means it would be uncouth for the company to create a new ...

The Mazda RX-8 is a unique Japanese sports car from the 2000s with a rotary engine. Despite reliability issues, it's set to ...

With the RX-8 sports car expected to be discontinued after the current model year, Mazda, the last bastion of the Wankel rotary engine, will be without a car in its lineup featuring the free-spinning ...

Clarian Lab's new generator is a gas-powered battery. That might sound backward in today's world of hybrid cars, but it actually turns out to be a pretty clever device. The Hybrid Battery is small, ...

Photo: Mazda patent filing at EPO, published by taku2_4885 on Hatena Blog Mazda has filed several new patents in Europe, and they appear to be regarding a new rotary-engined vehicle. The unnamed model ...

According to the official sales specifications of the Mazda MX-30 for the U.S., the small electric SUV will continue to be offered only with an all-electric powertrain. This means that the North ...

Rotaries are truly fascinating engines. They’re small, lightweight and unlike anything else on the road. Also, people keep saying something about a spinning Dorito? One of the coolest Lego projects we ...

Unveiled in 1973, the OCR 1000 was the world's first production motorcycle to feature an automotive-derived, twin-rotor engine, and its creators dubbed it the finest, most technologically advanced ...

Longer-range unmanned military aircraft. More fuel-efficient hybrid electric vehicles. Smaller and lighter car air conditioners. A fledging Spokane-based company foresees a variety of potential ...