Felix Wankel’s engine was conceived during a dream. In it, 17-year-old Felix was driving his car to a concert. When he arrived, he bragged to his friends that his car used a new type of engine ...

In fact, no fewer than nine different manufacturers fitted a Wankel engine in at least one factory car (not including Wankel motorcycles): Mazda, Škoda, NSU, Citroën, AvtoVAZ, Mercedes-Benz ...

Wankel's Rotary Engine Was A Hit The stylish Spider — available in Alfa Red or Lily White — was the world's first production ...

Although there was briefly a company called Rotary Rocket, the term is much better known as a nickname for the Mazda RX-7 — one of the few cars that used a Wankel, or rotary, engine. If you ever ...

Today, the car is remembered as a cult hero ... The C111-I of 1969 had a three-rotor Wankel engine with 276bhp, while the C111-II of 1970 featured a four-rotor engine with 345bhp, giving them ...

NSU unveiled the Ro 80 at the 1967 Frankfurt Motor Show, and Car Magazine praised its sleek design and named the vehicle its Car of the Year. Car’s editors noted that the Wankel engine’s ...

but it wasn't until 1954 that Dr. Felix Wankel made it a reality. Today rotary engines are used in aircraft and industrial machinery, but only one car maker -- Mazda -- has persisted with the ...

Prices shown are the prices you can expect to pay for a 1966 NSU Wankel Spider 2 Door Convertible across different levels of condition. Edit options.

Unless, apparently, you're rotary wizard Rob Dahm: then you can slap a turbocharged single-rotor Wankel ... car's body. Surely not for the final time, as it's missing little niceties like "engine ...