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Citroën GS Birotor. Unstable prodigy

Citroën GS Birotor. Unstable prodigy

Rarely has a car flopped into oblivion so progressively. Perhaps one of the most special Citroëns since ages, yet almost no one knows about its existence anymore. Just like Dries Roelvink, except for that special one. And the Citroën GS Birotor was…

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Norton Wankel, the air-cooled

Modern people have been thinking about a software system with that name for a generation+. But before that, way before that, Norton was a renowned motorcycle brand, 'the unaproachable' on tracks. The unapproachable. Later it became a somewhat convulsive brand that made rather unreliable 500 cc command blocks based on the ancient 850 cc principles. Part of the unreliability was also due to an old and tired machine park and staff who saw periods of work as annoying interruptions to the strike.
rotary engine

rotary engine

The whole world was once firmly convinced that the brainchild of Felix Heinrich Wankel (13 August 1902 – 9 October 1988), the Wankel engine, would conquer the world and mean the end for engines with bouncing pistons. NOT!…

A Van Veen Wankel for 80.000 euros

A Van Veen Wankel for 80.000 euros. That's not cat water... The sale of the Van Veen Wankel took place via Catawiki. John Searle, motorcycle expert at that auction house, reported that it was one of the first produced Van Veen…

Spotted: A Mazda R100 Wankel

Spotted: a Mazda R100 Wankel

Spotted: A Mazda R100 Wankel. Mazdas once came in two structural flavors: a regular or a Wankel engine could be ordered in the same cars. The name Mazda comes from an ancient religion. Ahura Mazda is the creator god…

Citroen M35

A reborn M35

Citroens Shaky experiment was not a success. And the first M35s had a tendency to cremate themselves when they were standing on a dry lawn
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A reborn M35

De Citroën M35 was an experimental car of which 267 pieces were offered to just as many selected Frenchmen Citroen riders. They had the task of assessing the car over a predetermined time in order to form a large scale of opinions with which Citroën gained insight into the possibilities of this Wankelmotor concept. In AMK there will be a complete restoration story