Idled for 11 years, Mazda Motor Corp.'s famed rotary engine is set to roar back to life this spring, this time helping to power a plug-in hybrid vehicle. The rotary engine, which Mazda was the first ...

The iconic rotary car engine, thought to have been consigned to the dustbin of impractical technology, is making a comeback in Japan from the very automaker that introduced the system as far back as ...

マツダ（ 本社所在地：広島県安芸郡府中町、代表取締役社長兼CEO：毛籠勝弘 ）は1月13日、独自技術である小型軽量・高静粛性の高出力ロータリーエンジンを搭載したプラグインハイブリッドシステム（ PHEV ）の実用化が、第60回機械振興賞（ 主催：一般財団法人機械振興協会 ）の「機械振興協会会長賞」を受賞したことを明らかにした。

When Mazda discontinued the RX-8, most people assumed the rotary engine was finished. The RX-8 was the last production car to use Mazda's signature Wankel rotary, and its departure seemed to signal ...