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.

NSU offered a generous warranty for the era to ease buyers' fears about owning a car with such a radical engine, but it was this warranty that proved to be its downfall.

Shortly after, in 1951, Wankel partnered with motorcycle and car manufacturer NSU and just six years later he and NSU completed a prototype rotary engine called the DKM.

“NSU Ro80: The Complete Story,” by Martin Buckley details the West German wondercar two decades ahead of its time, undone by its rotary engine.

Felix Wankel and NSU created a smaller, less complex internal-combustion engine. Here's why it failed.

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Discover the most unusual engines ever used in production cars, showcasing innovative and out-of-the-box designs by various carmakers.

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Japan’s Mazda was once the world’s only automaker to use Wankel rotary engine tech in its cars. In late 2023 it released its first model in more than a decade to run on a rotary engine. Why ...