Antonio is a chemical engineering student pursuing his master's degree in chemical engineering and sustainable processes. Throughout his academic journey, he has gained substantial knowledge in areas ...

The rotary engine was an unconventional design that delivered great power for its size. Here's what's good and bad about it.

You hear endless myths about the Mazda RX-7, from breathless praise of its “magic” to horror stories about blown apex seals.

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Automotive engineers are concerned with weight-to-power ratios when designing vehicles. While light-weighting is a ...

This RX-8 ditches the rotary for a Camaro-sourced V6, keeping the balance intact, and embraces its handling ethos.

Last year, Mazda celebrated forty years of rotary-engine zoom. We ate cake, fantasized that a new rotary might soon resuscitate the RX-7, and then began compiling these cool facts related to Felix ...

When Dr. Felix Wankel created an engine that could produce big power while taking up the smallest space possible, who would have expected the tuning world to accept it with such open arms? Considering ...

The R130 was a very rare model, produced for only three years and with fewer than 1,000 units built. It was also notable as the only front-wheel-drive Mazda model powered by a rotary engine until the ...

Although it showed plenty of promise during development, the rotary engine was never widely used. Rotary (or Wankel) engines are renowned for smoothness, but they chew through fuel and lack torque ...

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 ...