The rotary engine is easily one of the most controversial powertrains in the world of cars, and it's known for the brap-brap ...

The Mazda ND Miata becomes a completely different machine with a twin-turbo 26B 4-rotor engine screaming to 9,000 RPM. This ...

Sound forms an essential part of a visceral driving experience. The engine sound, combined with the steering feel, the brake pedal feel, the vibrations reverberating through the driver's seat, the way ...

The rotary engine is unique in its success and failure and its ability to make an impact with a completely different way of thinking. As it is, every production car for the last 130 years, aside from ...

If you’ve ever wondered what a single-rotor rotary engine sounds like, here’s one that makes 155 horsepower by Rob Dahm. Rob Dahm is one of those guys who make crazy builds. Just a while back, he ...

The rotary was the most radical rethink of the combustion engine in over a hundred years — and it paid the price for being different. Mazda introduced the innovative Wankel rotary engine in the 1967 ...

Isaac Atienza is a Filipino motoring journalist who joined TopSpeed.com in 2021. He also owns a Filpino motoring website called Go Flat Out PH and is also a contributor to a local newspaper called The ...

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, ...

Mazda’s rotary engine has been officially reborn, but not quite in the way you might think. Yes, we saw a drop-dead gorgeous Iconic SP rotary-hybrid coupe concept unveiled at last October’s Japan ...