After all the rumors and official confirmations of Mazda working to keep rotary power alive, we are pleased to give you the Skyactiv-R. This is the Japanese carmaker’s new Wankel engine, and it ...

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The rotary engine is still spinning at Mazda. The automaker ceased production of its Wankel motors in 2012, but Mazda president Masamichi Kogai told Autocar that he still has a team working “very ...

Mihai has even branched beyond the usual confines of an automotive writer from time to time, however, his heart is still close to anything car-related. He's most at home retelling the story of some ...

What is it about some concepts that just have you glued to the screen? I don’t know. Maybe it’s the body lines. Maybe the frame. The chassis? Or was it the engine? Whatever the reason, this idea ...

What spins around comes around. Mazda has confirmed the return of the Wankel rotary engine in 2020, eight years after it put it on hiatus with the cancellation of the RX-8 sports car. But things are ...

Although there was briefly a company called Rotary Rocket, the term is much better known as a nickname for the Mazda RX-7 — one of the few cars that used a Wankel, or rotary, engine. If you ever ...

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Mazda is killing production of its famed rotary engine when the last RX-8 sports car rolls out of the plant next summer. But the company eyes two roads to resurrection. The first is using an improved ...

Performance brand Mazda wants to put its own unique stamp on the electric vehicle market. The zippy automaker introduced the 2022 MX-30 SUV Wednesday, its first battery-powered offering. Following ...