Mazda's 787B cemented its place in history by winning Le Mans in 1991, but it never competed at the highest level after that. Here's what happened to it.

View post: Driving a Brand-New Car Every Week Makes Me Fall Back in Love with My Old Fleet Every Time. Here’s Why. The Mazda Cosmo pioneered the brand’s sports cars and showcased innovative rotary ...

When you take a look back at the extensive timeline of the automobile, there are plenty of brands that have a particular affinity with a certain type of engineering solution or technology. Think of ...

Designed and championed by self-taught engineer Felix Wankel, the rotary engine is now most closely associated with Japanese automaker Mazda. Many of the greatest Mazdas ever made, including the RX-7 ...

The Eunos Cosmo was Mazda's JDM grand tourer with the world's only triple-rotor road car engine, inspired by the Le Mans-winning 787B.

The Mazda Iconic SP concept of the 2023 Japan Mobility Show was the sign of a new Mazda sports car that we’ve been awaiting for a decade—no, two. The Wankel rotary-powered, popup headlight-equipped ...

The engine in question was the Wankel rotary, named after German engineer Felix Wankel, who first patented the concept in 1929. Instead of pistons moving back and forth, the rotary engine used a ...

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 ...

The most famous rotary engine in motorsport history is coming to America. Mazda Motorsports will headline the 2026 Rolex ...

Kenichi Yamamoto, who led the engineering team that produced a commercially viable rotary engine at what is now known as Mazda Motor Co. and later became its president and chairman, died Dec. 20 in ...

Performance icons like the crowd-pleasing MX-5 Miata and the rotary-powered RX-7 may be what spring to enthusiasts’ minds when they think of Mazda, but the legendary Japanese brand has produced a lot ...