The rotary engine has been absent on the frontline for quite some time, and it's on the way back. But not with Mazda.
When Mazda discontinued the RX-8, most people assumed the rotary engine was finished. The RX-8 was the last production car to use Mazda's signature Wankel rotary, and its departure seemed to signal ...
Rotary engines go back as far as pre World War I aircraft; you know, those star-shaped engines sticking out through their front end. Eventually, they dropped all the pistons, but kept part of the ...