Mazda's 787B cemented its place in history by winning Le Mans in 1991, but it never competed at the highest level after that.

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Wankel engines first saw use in production cars as early as 1964 — and not even in a Mazda, but rather in an NSU. That little single-rotor powerplant quickly evolved into the more typical two-rotor ...

The rotary's reliability problem was mostly an owner problem. Here's the disciplined playbook that keeps FC 13Bs alive.

Despite electrification taking the lead as an alternative source of propulsion, some automakers, including Toyota, Honda, and ...

When it comes to unconventional engine design, few exceed the Wankel rotary in terms of weirdness. Despite that, the same basic principles of internal combustion apply here: Fuel and air are mixed and ...