Part two of the Quest for Power series breaks down rotary and radial engines, why circular layouts solved cooling and reliability, and why they also came with nasty tradeoffs. From WWI rotaries to ...

Chinese firm Dongan Auto revives the Wankel engine, developing a lightweight prototype aimed at next-gen aerial mobility ...

The 1970s were full of strange automotive experiments, but few were as unlikely as a compact Japanese pickup powered by a ...

Dive into the technology behind Toyota's highly efficient Dynamic Force engines and see how they compare to rivals like Honda ...

Long before Felix Wankel became synonymous with rotary engines, an inventive Hungarian-American engineer named Stephen M. Balzer secured one of the earliest patents for a rotary-powered automobile on ...

The rotary engine has always been a fascinating piece of automotive engineering. Unlike traditional piston engines, the rotary engine operates with a triangular rotor that spins inside an oval chamber ...

A Reading woman has been named West Reading-Wyomissing Rotary Club’s Paul Harris Fellow and recipient of the club’s first People of Action Award. Suzanne Cody was honored for her work with the annual ...

After years of rumors and experimentation behind closed doors, the Mazda rotary engine is officially back. The Vision X-Coupe, a plug-in hybrid concept showcased at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show, has ...

In a world dominated by pistons, the rotary engine was something different for motorists. It was the vision of German engineer Felix Wankel, built on the belief that the up-and-down motion of pistons ...