Brian Crighton with Guy Martin next to the Crighton 700W. Media sourced from Guy Martin’s Facebook page. For one thing, rotaries are practically immune to the kind of failure that causes nightmares ...

Mazda is known for its innovations in mass-produced rotary engines in sports cars like the RX-7, but it wasn't exactly the first to utilize Wankel's design.

Although nearly every automobile and motorcycle manufacturer has used a piston engine in all of its vehicles, Mazda tried out Felix Wankel's rotary engine design from 1967 through 1995. While ...