Most Japanese performance car enthusiasts are familiar with the 13B twin-rotor engine Mazda equipped the RX-7 and RX-8 with. But unless you've owned and modified an RX of some type, chances are you ...
CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. -- Back when Wankel rotary engines held promise for the future, it wasn't just Mazda in Japan that was pioneering them. Along came NSU in Germany. In 1967, NSU was selling the ...
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Was the NSU Ro80 really the car of the future?
The NSU Ro80 was one of the most advanced cars ever built, featuring a smooth Wankel rotary engine, semi-automatic transmission, and futuristic aerodynamic design. Despite its mechanical flaws, it ...
TWENTY-FIVE years ago, a German book salesman named Felix Wankel entertained a revolutionary, if not heretical notion: he fell to wondering if the standard gasoline engine, man’s commonest prime mover ...
Developing a gasoline-powered rotary engine was a dream for Felix Wankel, and we mean that literally. Some steam engines worked on the same basic principle as far back as the 18th century, but the ...
After military service a career as war correspondent was on the cards. But then an exclusive bursar programme in automotive journalism came 'a-knockin' - and so a 26-year journey spanning newspapers, ...
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