This concept from French company Furion pairs a twin-rotor, compact 654cc Wankel rotary engine with a 40-kilowatt electric motor to produce a massive 180 hp (134 kW) and a ludicrous 151 lb-ft (205 Nm) ...

The steel monocoque frame used the engine as a stressed member, all designed to save weight, and it worked. The 1988 Norton Classic Rotary was much lighter than its only other Wankel competitor, the ...

Last Friday, June 22, 2012, the Wankel rotary engine's last remaining and steadfast devotee, Mazda, produced their final rotary engine in their Hiroshima plant. The Wankel engine never really ...

The Wankel rotary engine recipe has been tried on motorcycles in the past too, with the Suzuki RE5 being the most known example. As it happened in the car industry, the setup wasn’t efficient enough ...

After the slow-motion trainwreck that was the demise of the British motorcycle industry in the 1970s, only the beleaguered Meriden Co-Op (reduced to practically cottage industry-levels of Triumph ...

Is August 13th marked on your calendar? If you're a fan of the Wankel rotary engine - or any sports car powered by a Wankel rotary engine (we're looking at you, RX-7 fans), it should be. Dr. Felix ...