In the early '90s, Mazda's rotary-powered RX-7 was the quintessential Japanese two-seat sports car. But then the Miata arrived and changed the game.

A new Mazda sports car will be built alongside the Miata—and it could have a rotary engine. Here’s everything we know. Mazda has a bad habit of teasing fans with beautiful concept cars that it never ...

Does anyone else think the Mazda RX-8 used to be the coolest thing on the road. It didn’t matter that it wasn’t that fast. Nor that its rotary engine burns oil like Snoop burns “za,” and slurps gas ...

One of the first major automotive shows covered globally is the Tokyo Auto Salon, annually held in January. It serves as the opening salvo that the new year has begun for auto enthusiasts. Given the ...

The rotary was the most radical rethink of the combustion engine in over a hundred years — and it paid the price for being different. Mazda introduced the innovative Wankel rotary engine in the 1967 ...

Mazda probably won't ever let the rotary dream die.

Long before Felix Wankel became synonymous with rotary engines, an inventive Hungarian-American engineer named Stephen M. Balzer secured one of the earliest patents for a rotary-powered automobile on ...

Tijo is an engineer, mechanic, and an avid content creator with over 5 years of experience as an automotive journalist. His media and publishing journey began with CarHP and CarIndigo, and soon ...

Engine size can be misleading. Here are several examples of engines from opposite ends of the size spectrum that produce similar levels of horsepower.