The Tampa Bay Automobile Museum has officially added its first motorcycle and it’s no ordinary bike. The 1989 Norton Commander , powered by a 588 cc Wankel rotary engine, represents a daring engineering experiment in motorcycle history. Unlike traditional piston engines, the Wankel rotary uses spinning triangular rotors instead of reciprocating pistons, producing power in a smooth, continuous motion. The result is a compact, lightweight engine with an uncanny turbine-like fee

When Cars Became Instruments of Exploration What if a car could go where only camels, caravans, and explorers once dared? In the 1920s and 30s, French automaker André Citroën set out to prove that the automobile wasn’t just for city streets and countryside drives, it could conquer deserts, jungles, and even the high passes of the Himalayas. His bold vision gave birth to a trilogy of expeditions that pushed the limits of engineering and captured the world’s imagination. The Fi

When Carl Benz rolled out his Patent-Motorwagen in 1886, history took note: the automobile had arrived. But long before Benz made the...