In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and ...

The RX-7 successor will have to wait, but Mazda is still considering an inline-six-powered performance model that isn't an ...

How many rotors are too many? While most Mazda engine builders and tuners wouldn’t dare to build an engine with more than four rotors, a company out of New Zealand has built a six-rotor engine for the ...

A custom Mazda RX-7, equipped with a 2,000 HP Honda engine, has shattered records by reaching a verified top speed of 219 mph. This feat challenges the traditional Mazda rotary setups, demonstrating ...

When maintained and operating correctly, Mazda's twin-turbocharged 13B-REW rotary engine that came under the hood of the third-generation (FD) Mazda RX-7 has plenty of advantages over your typical ...

The Iconic SP remains a passion project at heart, though budget cuts and business challenges could slow its path from concept ...

As we note in a feature on the series: “In hindsight, Mazda’s decision to go ahead with a 1978 launch of its RX-7 was courageous. Sure it was the most experienced maker of rotary-powered vehicles on ...

The Mazda Iconic SP concept of the 2023 Japan Mobility Show was the sign of a new Mazda sports car that we’ve been awaiting for a decade—no, two. The Wankel rotary-powered, popup headlight-equipped ...

When one thinks of rotary engine-powered cars, the Mazda RX-7 is definitely the first that comes to mind. Few cars in history have been so closely associated with their power plants as the RX-7 has.

Mazda built less than 70,000 units of the third-generation RX-7, which is also the last of the RX-7s. It was the first mass-produced automobile to feature a sequential twin-turbocharged engine that ...

Gazing at the rendering sitting before us, one might rightfully ask what the heavily modded Mazda RX-7 it portrays has to do wit the Hot Rod genre and the answer revolves around the open engine bay of ...

Editor's Note: This year,Mazdacelebrates its 90th anniversary and along with an extensive retrospective coming on May 20, we've gone through the archives to bring you a look at several classic Mazdas ...