Wankel rotary engines, typically but not exclusively found in Mazdas, certainly lean on the "quirkier" side of modern powertrain systems, made quirkier because most rotary-powered cars on the road ...

For all automakers’ efforts to perfect the Wankel rotary engine, its advantages over piston engines never seemed to materialize. Everyone from GM to Mercedes-Benz tried to make it work, but only Mazda ...