Mazda's rotary engines come in various shape and sizes. From the popular 13B, to the lesser-spotted 20B, to the racy 26B.

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 ...

The Mazda RX-8 is a unique Japanese sports car from the 2000s with a rotary engine. Despite reliability issues, it's set to ...

Few attributes will catapult a sports car from mediocre to memorable faster than a great engine. Taking that knowledge to heart, Mazda created its RX-7 around a very different engine–a rotary–and won ...

Japanese classic cars are pretty rare, since the industry only really got off the ground in the 50s. However, there are a few old Toyotas and Mazdas that enjoy a cult following, like the 2000GT that ...

His automotive adventure started reporting on various motorsport events as a sports writer before moving onto a full-time auto career with various sites, including This Week In Motors and ...

While the little four-pot underneath the Miata's hood is plenty, tossing it in favor of another mill can provide some new, ...

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 ...

For something so simple in its make-up the Mazda rotary engine is remarkably versatile. Whether you’re talking 13B or 20B, naturally aspirated or force fed, it’s hard to beat the power per cube ratio ...

With the RX-8 sports car expected to be discontinued after the current model year, Mazda, the last bastion of the Wankel rotary engine, will be without a car in its lineup featuring the free-spinning ...

Mazda currently has more than 100 engineers working on its next-generation rotary engine, according to a company spokesman. The engine, a strange, piston-less internal-combustion unit, has defined the ...

Mazda began 1920 as Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd, a manufacturer of corks. Toyo didn't make its first vehicle until 11 years later, a three-wheeled motorbike called the Mazda-go. Founder Jujiro Matsuda named ...