auto enthusiasts.Mazda built its last rotary engine on Friday, June 22. By final, we mean the line that assembledRenesis engines for Mazda's RX-8 sports car was idled, and there are currently no ...

By the end of its production run in the early 2000s, the Mazda RX-7 rotary engine made as much as 276 hp. The RX-8 followed with another chapter for the Wankel engine. The Mazda RX-8 rotary engine ...

“The history of rotary engine development represents Mazda’s history itself ... and in 2012 production was terminated when the RX-8 sports car became obsolete. But within Mazda, engineers ...

To clear things up, Mazda never pioneered the Wankel rotary engine ... also means the engine can rev much higher than other engines. An RX-8, for example, can reach a redline of 9,000 rpm.

If there's one thing forever associated with the Wankel rotary engine, it's Mazda. Powering production vehicles from the Cosmo's launch in May 1967 to the last RX-8 leaving the plant in June 2012 ...

much less a rotary engine. But it's actually far more feasible than one might expect. Let's take the Mazda 787B's R26b, as an example. This engine produces about 690 horsepower in race-trim ...

Mazda isn't ready to give up on bringing the ... This development group has the hard task of trying to make the rotary stack up to modern internal combustion engines in terms of emissions and ...

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 wondered how these worked, why not print a model?

Mazda has a rich history in motorsport, including the honor of being the only manufacturer to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a car not powered by a reciprocating engine. Some concepts featured ...