The Wankel engine powered the Mazda RX-7 to fame, but other pistonless rotary designs reveal why the category is broader than ...

The Mazda 787B delivers one of motorsport’s most legendary soundtracks with its R26B 4-rotor engine screaming to 9,000 RPM ...

Mazda Motorsports will headline the 2026 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion with a landmark gathering of iconic race cars — including, straight from Japan, the legendary 1991 24 Hours of Le ...

Jack Hubbell is a European based writer and automotive enthusiast who joined the HotCars team in 2024. Jack has been building cars and motorcycles since a young age and was a member of the SCCA from ...

In production since March 2015, the fourth-gen Mazda MX-5 Miata underwent no fewer than three major updates through February 2024. Advertised as the Mazda Roadster in its home market, the rear-drive ...

Mazda's Wankel rotary powerplant boasts a proud and storied endurance racing career that began and ended in truly spectacular fashion. The rotary first took to a European circuit in anger in 1968, ...

A unique selling point of cars with “explosion” engines (internal combustion) is our visceral reaction to the sounds they make. Even when you’re standing blocks away from the Woodward Dream Cruise, a ...

The Japanese automaker Mazda is currently focused on its most important new models, which are two compact crossover SUVs. But the rumor mill and the parallel universes of vehicular CGI, along with 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 ...

The unique sound of rotary engines has fascinated car fans for decades. Exploring what makes the Mazda RX7’s tone so distinct and why enthusiasts can’t get enough. #MazdaRX7 #RotaryEngine #JDMCulture ...