UPDATED Gallery: NEW 2008 Mazda RX-8
Mazda kept the rotary engine concept when other manufacturers had abandoned it. However, Dr Felix Wankel’s mechanical innovation does work to full effect. A rotary engine has triangular rotors which spin within epi-trochoidal housings, instead of conventional pistons, and it tends to get smoother and more powerful the faster it rotates. It also has the …
