On this feature of the FRAME, we explore the technology of the manufacturing processes behind Mazda’s Rotary Engine. Do you ...

Rotary engines differ from conventional ones in many respects — and one of them is the fact that they use two different spark ...

Mazda is forced to increasingly depend on its US-based production facility in Huntsville, Alabama, which is a joint ...

Perfectly tuning the heat range of an engine's spark plugs is something of a dark art to all but the most well versed tuners and the engineering egg heads at automotive OEMs. Getting the spark plug ...

The engine in question was the Wankel rotary, named after German engineer Felix Wankel, who first patented the concept in 1929. Instead of pistons moving back and forth, the rotary engine used a ...

Chris Bruce has worked in the automotive industry since 2011 and has written thousands of stories about cars, motorsports, and motorcycles in that time. He has written for Autoblog, Autoviva, CarFax, ...

In this video, we explore the RevForce engine from Alpha Otto Technologies, a breakthrough in two-stroke engine design. We ...

Mazda's famous rotary engine finally made its big return last year, but it wasn't under the hood of a replacement for the RX-8. In fact, it wasn't even in a performance car at all. Instead, it served ...

How Mazda's engineers doubled down on rotary power when everyone else gave up, creating a 30-year legend in the process.

The Wankel rotary engine is known for its troubled life in the mainstream automotive industry, its high power-to-weight ratio, and the intoxicating buzz it makes at full tilt. Popular with die-hard ...