When it comes to Mazda's most power-dense engine ever, one Wankel comes to mind; the 13B-REW rotary engine, a mill that saw production for just 10 years. In that time, it had quite a large impact.

This engine is a follow-on to an earlier 3D printed air-powered Wankel rotary engine, and we’re looking forward to part two of the liquid piston series. Video after the break.

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 e… ...

FRANKFURT: The Wankel rotary engine, named after its German inventor, Felix Wankel, is simple, reliable and durable but Mazda is the only carmaker to have overcome the challenge it poses to achieve ...

The Wankel rotary can be found mainly in Mazda cars, including some of its very old trucks. Of course the RX-8 and RX-7 immortalized the engine. Let's talk about the design itself though.

Wankel Rotary GmbH was set up at Korb in 1993 as the legal successor to the firm founded by genial inventor Felix Wankel (1902- 1988), the man who came up with the rotary piston engine principle ...