There are many different forms of internal combustion engines, but most use the same basic principle. Explosions in the combustion chamber move pistons up and down to spin a crankshaft. That ...

Typically, when we think of the Wankel rotary engine as a whole, we first think of Mazda. Back in the early 1960s, Mazda was keenly interested in developing the rotary engine, specifically the Wankel ...

You've probably seen this rare '94 Mazda RX-7, as it has appeared at the 2016 and 2017 SEMA Shows as well as on the cover ofSuper Street'sOctober '17 print edition. What makes this machine so special?

Bruno started at Top Speed in 2022 and now serves as Senior Editor for ICE while also training writers across CarBuzz, HotCars, and TopSpeed. A car and motorcycle enthusiast, he enjoys writing about ...

What started with the Mazda Cosmo Sport of the ‘60s, hit the peak with with the 787B racecar and ended with the RX-8 may be making a comeback. According to an Australian automotive publication, Mazda ...

The world’s car companies’ great drive to Wankel-style rotary engines in the 1960s and early ‘70s was massive—and largely a dead end. NSU, the company that created the Wankel, won plaudits with its ...

The last example of Mazda’s venerated rotary engine left the company’s Hiroshima factory last Friday, bringing to an end 45 years of rotary-engine production. Felled by a lethal combination of ...

Interested in owning an obscure piece of Mazda rotary history? This 1986 Luce sedan, which came from the factory with a turbocharged 13B Wankel engine, just popped up for sale on eBay. You should buy ...

When people talk about Mazda's 13B twin-rotor Wankel engine, they tend to imagine lowered, twin-turbocharged FD RX-7s with giant wings and huge front splitters. But that 13B engine doesn't get nearly ...

It's been nearly a decade since a production car was powered by a rotary engine, but Mazda has revealed it still makes the engine. In a story posted to the Classic Mazda section of its Japanese ...