The Wankel rotary ... on the engine resumed in 1951 with funding from NSU Motorenwerke AG. The first working prototype was produced in 1957. Dubbed the DKM 54, this engine had a rotor and housing ...

The four-rotor was eventually replaced by a small block to become the Aerovette. When John Z. Delorean left to create his own car, he envisioned it propelled by a rotary engine as well.

In a rotary engine the typical Otto cycle takes place in an oval-shaped chamber in which a triangular rotor rotates, effectively taking the place of the pistons in a traditional engine.

Rob Dahm, notorious rotary-powered car builder ... and designed and built this insanely improbable Wankel engine with twelve rotors configured in a Y design. Garvin built the Y12 from a solid ...

We have some very sad news to report, rotor ... rotary-powered automobile in the world. The issue, as it has pretty much always been, is environmental. While the Wankel rotary engine does indeed ...

Rob Dahm is refining the unique 15.7-liter Y12 rotary engine, originally designed by Tyson Garvin as a twelve-rotor powerhouse. Garvin constructed the Y12 from a single block of 7075 aluminum, a ...

And while Mazda does have the rotary hybrid MX-30 R-EV crossover now—where the rotary engine acts purely as ... but it would feature two 830cc rotors instead of the MX-30’s single rotor ...