Gone is the 1.3-liter 13B-MSP Renesis rotary engine that came with this car; In its place is a 3.6-liter LFX V6, the same as you’d find in a numer of GM cars.
The rotary engine was an unconventional design that delivered great power for its size. Here's what's good and bad about it.
In a world dominated by pistons, the rotary engine was something different for motorists. It was the vision of German engineer Felix Wankel, built on the belief that the up-and-down motion of pistons ...
In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and piston design, replacing it with a simple, single-chamber design and a thick, ...
You hear endless myths about the Mazda RX-7, from breathless praise of its “magic” to horror stories about blown apex seals.
"I really can't remember having any issues with this car." Yeah . . . when was the last time you heard someone with a Mazda RX-7 say that? Or better yet, someone with a rotary motor? It isn't any ...
The traditional piston engine has garnered the vast majority of attention and application in the internal combustion age, but there was another: the Wankel rotary engine. German engineer Felix Wankel ...
When most people hear the term "rotary engine," they probably think of Mazda first, as rotary engines have been part and parcel of the Japanese automaker's mantra for decades. In fact, Mazda proclaims ...