The Mazda Wankel engines are a family of Wankel rotary combustion car engines produced by Mazda.
Wankel engines were invented in 1950s by Felix Wankel, a German engineer. Over the years, See more

The very first Mazda Cosmo prototype used a 798 cc (48.7 cu in) L8A two-rotor Wankel. The engine and car were both shown at the 1963 See more

Mazda began development on a single rotor engine displacing 360 cc (22 cu in), and was designed for kei car use in the upcoming Mazda Chantez but was never placed into production. It was a slimmed down derivative of the 10A engine as fitted to the R100. A … See more

Wankel engines can be classified by their geometric size in terms of radius (rotor center to tip distance, also the median stator radius) and … See more

Mazda's first prototype Wankel was the 40A, a single-rotor engine very much like the NSU KKM400. Although never produced in volume, … See more

The 10A series was Mazda's first production Wankel, appearing in 1965. It was a two-rotor design, with each chamber displacing … See more

The 13A was designed especially for front-wheel drive applications. It was a two-rotor design, with each chamber displacing 655 cc (40.0 cu in) so two … See more