NSU unveiled the Ro 80 at the 1967 Frankfurt Motor Show, and Car Magazine ... liter four-rotor engines that were detuned to 700 horsepower. Afterward, the FIA announced that rotary engines would ...

In the early 1960s Mazda and NSU joined forces to further develop the rotary engine and had a quasi-official race to see who could bring a rotary-engined car to ... engine being used as a range ...

Check Out: These 10 Used Cars Will Last Longer Than an Average ... model to offer the “delightfully rev-happy” 1.3-liter rotary engine, which made up for its relatively small size by being ...

was a modified version of a previous Mazda rotary engine called the 20B, already used in the 757 Le Mans car. It was built with the help of Racing Beat, a tuning firm that specializes in Mazdas ...

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 ...

Rob Dahm, notorious rotary-powered car builder, has firmly jumped into the deep end of the pool with his latest project: The ...

Since it looks like Mazda may very well revive the Wankel rotary engine as a range extender for electric cars, there's no better time to become reacquainted with the quirky internal-combustion engine.

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Mazda uses a rotary engine as a range-extender for its MX-30 R-EV, and previously used such a motor on the RX-8 sports car. Also known as a Wankel engines, after creator Felix Wankel, a rotary ...

Not only is the twin-rotor 1.3L RENESIS rotary engine the only one of its kind, but no other car in the class offers four doors. Add to the mix crisp handling and an entry price of just over $26,000, ...