The return of the Wankel engine does not resemble its prior ... Mazda's last fully-rotary-powered car was the Mazda RX-8, and that was discontinued all the way back in 2012. We can at least ...

Mazda's Wankel rotary engine has always been unique ... transmission and a significant weight savings over the current RX-8, which isn't exactly a porker as it is. Supposedly, the new rotary ...

Regardless of whether I had the Wankel wailing to the 9000rpm ... And as a whole package Mazda’s coupe is a very likeable thing. Many RX-8-owning evo readers have been in touch since we ran ...

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Through the history of internal combustion engines, there has been plenty of evolution, but few revolutions. Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel.

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 ...

Add to the mix an attractive entry price, and the RX-8 easily competes with the INFINITI G35 coupe, Nissan 350Z coupe, and BMW 3-Series coupe. Mazda has worked to refine the Wankel rotary engine, and ...

And Mazda’s best-known rotary sports car is great fun when you do. Of the three “classic” rotaries, this one has the clearest links to the most recent Wankel-engined car, the RX-8.

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Perhaps the most buzz-worthy addition, Mazda debuts their latest generation vehicle to use rotary or Wankel engine technology called the RX-8. Powered by an advance Renesis powerplant, the 2004 Mazda ...