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Stories about: rotary engine

A Brief History of Hot Wheels: Mazda's MX-5s and More Rotaries
A Brief History of Hot Wheels: Mazda's MX-5s and More Rotaries

23 Jul 2023, 20:17 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / We did the math, and by the end of this story, you will find out how many Mazda vehicles Hot Wheels has ever made. It will cost over $1,000 to buy them all.

 
Maker of Small Supercharged Rotary Engine Tapped by USAF for Future Powerplants
Maker of Small Supercharged Rotary Engine Tapped by USAF for Future Powerplants

26 Jun 2023, 09:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American engine maker LiquidPiston got a Strategic Funding Increase for the development of a new class of hybrid power solution and engine

 
Insane Father and Son Rotary Fleet Stashed in Hanger Is What Dreams Look Like in Real Life
Insane Father and Son Rotary Fleet Stashed in Hanger Is What Dreams Look Like in Real Life

15 Jun 2023, 13:38 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / Ben and his dad have the craziest rotary collection stashed in a secret hanger. At one point, they had 25 Rotaries in their fleet

 
Small Supercharged Rotary Engine Has the U.S. Army All Worked Up, We Should Be Too
Small Supercharged Rotary Engine Has the U.S. Army All Worked Up, We Should Be Too

6 Apr 2023, 11:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The LiquidPiston XTS-210 rotary engine is the size of a basketball and can be used for anything from power generation to powering VTOLs

 
Could This Be the Best Production Engine Ever Made?
Could This Be the Best Production Engine Ever Made?

3 Mar 2023, 14:28 UTC · By: Călin Iosif / As petrolheads, we all love a good engine, and there are a lot of divine petrol-burning creations out there, but what is the best one?

 
Mazda Has a Rotary-Powered Sports Car Dream, Does That Mean the RX Is Making a Comeback?
Mazda Has a Rotary-Powered Sports Car Dream, Does That Mean the RX Is Making a Comeback?

17 Jan 2023, 11:21 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / In case you forgot, Mazda does have a rotary-powered model, the new MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV plug-in hybrid crossover, and it's anything but exciting

 
Mazda Just Lost an Amazing Opportunity With the MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV
Mazda Just Lost an Amazing Opportunity With the MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV

14 Jan 2023, 10:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Instead of keeping the already small battery pack the electric version of the MX-30 had, the company just decided to cut it in half.

 
2023 Mazda MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV Revealed as PHEV With Rotary Engine Generator
2023 Mazda MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV Revealed as PHEV With Rotary Engine Generator

13 Jan 2023, 10:40 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Joining the EV variant, the new rotary-powered Mazda MX-30 is a plug-in hybrid model, with a 53-mile electric driving range

 
RX-What? Mazda Confirms Rotary Engine for the MX-30 - Will Be a Plug-In Hybrid
RX-What? Mazda Confirms Rotary Engine for the MX-30 - Will Be a Plug-In Hybrid

9 Jan 2023, 10:26 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Mazda says the MX-30 with plug-in hybrid rotary engine will debut this week at the Brussels Motor Show, in Belgium, and that it will launch this spring

 
Barn Find Gold: Mazda RX-7 With 8K Miles Gets First Wash in 23 Years
Barn Find Gold: Mazda RX-7 With 8K Miles Gets First Wash in 23 Years

20 Nov 2022, 19:14 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Not surprising for a vehicle that was parked for more than 20 years, the RX-7 emerged with a thick layer of dust covering its body.

 
Mazda's Famous Rotary Engine Is Finally Making a Comeback, EVs Take the Back Burner
Mazda's Famous Rotary Engine Is Finally Making a Comeback, EVs Take the Back Burner

1 Nov 2022, 09:51 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Mazda will announce a new corporate strategy soon, and the key takeaways are the delay of the EV revolution and the arrival of the long-awaited rotary engine

 
Turbo Rotary VW Golf Mk1 Has a Voyage of Slammed Widebody CGI Discovery
Turbo Rotary VW Golf Mk1 Has a Voyage of Slammed Widebody CGI Discovery

2 Sep 2022, 10:18 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Andreas Richter, a virtual artist formerly known as “ar.visual_” (now "richter.cgi") on social media, has decided it was about time he blew our road trip minds

 
2006 Corvette C6 Gets Mazda RX7 Three-Rotor Turbo Engine, Plenty Attitude Too
2006 Corvette C6 Gets Mazda RX7 Three-Rotor Turbo Engine, Plenty Attitude Too

13 Jul 2022, 20:33 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / All it took for this Corvette to start behaving like your classic Japanese drifting machine was to receive a pretty special turbocharged rotary engine

 
Twin Rotor Swapped Citroen HY Van Looks Like a Fever Dream, Fast Like One Too
Twin Rotor Swapped Citroen HY Van Looks Like a Fever Dream, Fast Like One Too

16 Jun 2022, 16:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With the same headlamps found on a 2CV still as present as ever, there's a strange chimera of old and new present on this build that you simply won't find now.

 
Mazda MX-30 PHEV Will Have a Rotary Engine, But What About the Battery Pack?
Mazda MX-30 PHEV Will Have a Rotary Engine, But What About the Battery Pack?

22 Apr 2022, 22:04 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Automotive News talked to Mazda and confirmed the MX-30 with the ICE generator should arrive at some point between October 2022 and March 2023.

 
Red, Stock, 1994 Mazda RX-7 Is Ready for a Long-Term Relationship
Red, Stock, 1994 Mazda RX-7 Is Ready for a Long-Term Relationship

14 Mar 2022, 23:12 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / When this car appeared on the market, it was a phenomenon, but soon it became a nightmare for many, while others loved it. And still are in love with it

 
This Snowmobile-Powered Mazda RX-7 Is the Weirdest Yet Coolest Thing You'll See Today
This Snowmobile-Powered Mazda RX-7 Is the Weirdest Yet Coolest Thing You'll See Today

27 Feb 2022, 19:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / No, this is not an April Fools' Day prank. This RX-7 uses an 800-cc (49-cubic-inch) engine from an Arctic Cat snowmobile to move around

 
Omega 1 Is a Game-Changing Internal Combustion Engine, Too Good To Be True?
Omega 1 Is a Game-Changing Internal Combustion Engine, Too Good To Be True?

19 Jan 2022, 13:40 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Just when we thought the internal combustion engine is a dead end, a small company unveiled an interesting ICE concept that vows to keep the wheels turning

 
Gorgeous One Owner Mazda RX-7 Sells on Doug DeMuro's Auction Website
Gorgeous One Owner Mazda RX-7 Sells on Doug DeMuro's Auction Website

21 Oct 2021, 19:58 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / 85,200 miles (132,770 km) is a lot for a rotary engine, but the aftermarket bright orange paint job usually found on the Jaguar F-Type makes up for it

 
1990s Mazda RX-7 Looks CGI Rejuvenated Enough For Electrified Rotary Times
1990s Mazda RX-7 Looks CGI Rejuvenated Enough For Electrified Rotary Times

8 Oct 2021, 10:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Jake, the virtual artist behind the “j.b.cars” account on social media has concocted a modernized FD Mazda RX-7 that seeks to lead a 21st-century virtual life