The Van Veen OCR1000 was a rotary-powered engineering flex and one of the rarest motorcycles ever made. And now, it can be ...

Once left behind due to high fuel consumption and fragile reliability, the rotary engine, long championed by Mazda, is making ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

Unveiled in 1973, the OCR 1000 was the world's first production motorcycle to feature an automotive-derived, twin-rotor engine, and its creators dubbed it the finest, most technologically advanced ...

Back in the late ’80s and early ’90s, Mazda was pumping out four-rotor race cars for IMSA, Le Mans, and the Japanese Sports Prototype championship, among other races. One of the best of Mazda’s killer ...

Mazda's famous rotary engine finally made its big return last year, but it wasn't under the hood of a replacement for the RX-8. In fact, it wasn't even in a performance car at all. Instead, it served ...

Fewer than 38,000 of NSU’s revolutionary Ro80 models were built in the 10 years between its debut late in 1967 and the day in 1977 that NSU’s corporate parent, Volkswagen-Audi, turned the factory that ...

TOKYO — Mazda is going to extremes to keep two iconic products — its rotary engine and its MX-5 Miata sporty car tradition — alive in the age of electrification. The Hiroshima, Japan, automaker is ...