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, ...

A new Mazda sports car will be built alongside the Miata—and it could have a rotary engine. Here’s everything we know. Mazda has a bad habit of teasing fans with beautiful concept cars that it never ...

Getting the balance right in a sports car is harder than it sounds. Power without handling produces something fast in a straight line and terrifying everywhere else. Handling without power produces ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Lyon is based in Tokyo and writes about the car industry. At the Japan Mobility Show two years ago, Mazda unveiled a ...

The challenge isn’t building a fast rotary car. It’s building one that ordinary people can afford without sacrificing what makes it special. Mazda continues exploring rotary engine sports cars, ...

Almost every internal combustion vehicle on the planet today uses the classic piston engine. These run by converting heat energy into reciprocating motion, and then rotary motion that ultimately ...