The rotary engine has been absent on the frontline for quite some time, and it's on the way back. But not with Mazda.

Mazda's rotary engine may not have survived were it not for the actions of this rebellious group. This is how the Mazda RX-8 came to life.

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 ...

The end of production of the RX-8 11 years ago also marked the end of the rotary engine era not just at Mazda, but at all manufacturers. After that, the rotary engine was sent into a slumber, which ...

It rose to prominence in the Mazda RX-7 model line, but the last new car feature one was the Mazda RX-8. Since then, Mazda has been continually developing the technology with the aim of bringing it ...

Unveiled in 2015 then confirmed and denied too many times by Mazda’s upper echelons as the RX-9 rotary sports car, the RX-Vision is a bite-the-back-of-your-hand beautiful concept. Four years since it ...

The rotary is kind of like the Rudy (from the movie “Rudy”) of engines. It’s a little smaller than the others, and might not be quite as good, but you can’t help rooting for it. Mazda says that you ...

Stephen Edelstein July 13, 2021 Comment Now! Mazda may be putting a planned rotary-engine range extender on hold, according to an Automotive News report. Once a Mazda trademark, the rotary engine was ...

We've been waiting years for Mazda to bring back its rotary engine, and now, it's finally happening—albeit not in a sports car such as a revived RX-7 as we hoped. Instead, in an expected move, the ...

After years of false hope, Mazda is finally building a mass production model with a rotary engine. That’s something that hasn’t occurred in over a decade as the RX-8 was discontinued in June of 2012.

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 ...

The rotary engine had its moment of automotive glory with Mazda, but while the Japanese automaker's rotary engines where small-displacement, high-revving, buzz bombs, one American startup tried a very ...