A German engineer, Felix Wankel, is credited with developing the world's first rotary engine in the 1950s. Wankel rotary engines use a triangular rotor spinning in a semi-oval case on an eccentric ...

It is very rare that i get excited about any alternative technology with huge promises, but this looks really awesome: Oh it probably has been invented a long time ago just it didn't work very well.

Rotary engines such as the Wankel have strange shapes that can be difficult to machine (as evidenced by the specialized production machines and patents in the 70s), which means it lends itself well to ...

If there's one thing forever associated with the Wankel rotary engine, it's Mazda. Powering production vehicles from the ...

Internal combustion engines have still got a few punches left in them. Case in point: Kiwi drifter "Mad Mike" Whiddett has unveiled "the wildest drift car I could think of," built around the world's ...