Mazda made a splash in the market in 1990, launching the Eunos Cosmo with the three-rotor 20B engine. Compared with contemporary Wankel rotary engines, the 20B's extra rotor beefed the compact ...

The Wankel engine is named after its inventor, Felix Wankel. In the 1960s, Mazda's president, Tsuneji Matsuda, sought to create a unique technology, leading to the development of the rotary engine. A ...

Let's face it. The Wankel rotary engine may never go mainstream, despite Mazda's valiant efforts to bring it to the masses. The legendary victory of the rotary-powered Mazda 787B at the 24 Hours of Le ...

The piston engine may be the most common type of internal combustion engine found in consumer automotive vehicles. That doesn't mean it's the only option drivers have ever had access to. In the 1960s, ...