Rotary engines (also known as Wankel engines and Wankel rotary engines) are quite different from piston or "reciprocating" engines. One of the distinguishing features is that they don't need valves to ...

Pop the hood on a classic Mazda RX-7 or RX-8 and the engine bay looks oddly empty. That is the charm of the rotary engine: a compact lump of metal that trades pistons and valves for a spinning ...

Wankel rotary engines, typically but not exclusively found in Mazdas, certainly lean on the "quirkier" side of modern powertrain systems, made quirkier because most rotary-powered cars on the road ...

A bold collaboration aimed to bring research to reality could rewrite the rulebook on sustainable energy. Advanced Innovative Engineering (AIE), the leader in high-performance rotary engines, is ...

The 1972 Mazda RX-2 arrived as an unassuming compact sedan and coupe, yet its rotary engine delivered performance that ...