Mazda’s new rotary engine made its appearance in the range-extender Mazda MX-30 PHEV in 2023 and is due in the US shortly. It’s the first new rotary engine produced by the company since the ...

How the 13B-MSP Renesis evolved from earlier Mazda rotary designs, technical features explained, and common problems and maintenance issues discussed. The 13B-MSP Renesis rotary engine powered the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Announced on April 1 – the symbolism might have escaped the maker – the Roadpacer was essentially an imported Premier with a Mazda 13B Wankel engine. Annual reports had the Roadpacer "standing on top ...

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.

John is a Michigan-based nerd who is a sucker for the Lions and, appropriately, the Pistons. His previous day job was producing local TV news. He fell in love with cars thanks to a 1967 Ford Mustang ...

The '86-'91 rendition isn't the quintessential RX-7 that you think of when considering Mazda's three-generation-spanning sports car. But it should be. With the final three years' models available with ...

From the March 1984 issue of Car and Driver. The Mazda people are different. Unlike the powers that be at most car companies, they seem genuinely to like sports cars. What's more, they like them ...