Yes, there is a 12-rotor engine — here's how much HP it's trying to push

Could there possibly be a rotary engine with 12 rotors? The answer is yes, and here's everything we know about it including ...
Snow Goer

1972 Arctic Cat Wankel Panther—The Rise & Demise Of The Rotary Engine Sled

Why did Wankel rotary snowmobile engines disappear? A look at Arctic Cat’s rise and fall with this once-promising technology.
Hackaday

Autopsy Of A First-Generation RX7 Mazda Rotary Car Engine

In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and piston design, replacing it with a simple, single-chamber design and a thick, ...
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The Long Goodbye: Every New Car Still Available With a 12-Cylinder Engine

Though mighty and smooth, even the most luxurious brands feature fewer and fewer cars equipped with 12-cylinder engines. Self-balancing by default, V-12 engines have long been considered to be the ...
Jalopnik

The Pros And Cons Of Rotary Engines

In a world dominated by pistons, the rotary engine was something different for motorists. It was the vision of German engineer Felix Wankel, built on the belief that the up-and-down motion of pistons ...
Motor Trend

The Surprising Story of the GMC Twin-Six, Detroit’s Last Production V-12 Engine

Ask a classic car fan which company built the last production V-12 engine to emerge from Detroit, and chances are you’ll get “Cadillac” as an answer. That’s not a bad guess, considering the luxury ...